Garda vehicle rammed overnight in Offaly

A garda vehicle was rammed in Offaly in the early hours of this morning following a pursuit of a driver who failed to stop for Gardai.

Members attached to Tullamore Garda Station attempted to make a routine traffic stop in the early hours of the morning. A Garda pursuit ensued involving numerous Garda units co-ordinated by Command & Control, Dublin during which one Garda patrol vehicle was rammed.

The driver was quickly apprehended in Tullamore town centre having lost control of the vehicle which crashed into a roadside barrier.

The driver was arrested and charged with numerous offences including dangerous driving, driving without a drivers license and driving without valid insurance.

An investigation file is now being compiled with a view to further charges.