MAN HOSPITALISED BUT ROAD QUICKLY REOPENS AFTER KILCHREEST CRASH

Date Published: 23-Feb-2013

ONE man has been hospitalised but the Gort-Loughrea road has now reopened following a crash near Kilchreest village earlier today.

The emergency services and Gardai were quickly on the scene of the single vehicle crash near Kilchreest shortly after 11 am today.

Traffic on a stretch of the Gort-Loughrea, about half a mile from the village of Kilchreest was disrupted for a time by the crash.

It is understood that a car overturned and the driver was trapped inside for a time.

Fire fighters and an ambulance, and three Garda patrol cars, were quickly on the scene and the driver was rescued from the overturned vehicle.

He was removed to hospital but it's undersood that his injuries were not life-threatening.

This stretch of the road was quickly cleared and traffic returned to normal on the Gort-Loughrea route before lunch-time.