A Garda, Dennis O'Mahony, injured in a collision while responding to a crash scene, has been awarded over €90,000 by the High Court. The accident occurred when the Garda's squad car collided with a fire truck during an emergency response in Co Kerry.
A Garda who was injured when the squad car he was driving to the scene of a head on crash was involved in a collision with a fire truck has been awarded over €90,000 by the High Court .
READ MORE - Tripadvisor reviewers give contrasting views on Conor McGregor's Black Forge pub after court defeatIn evidence, Garda O’Mahony said he was obliged to steer his car into the hedgerow to the right of the road, but the garda car struck a pallet that was embedded in the ground. Mr Justice Anthony Barr said the action arose “out of a somewhat unusual accident”, in that the two vehicles that were involved were both emergency services vehicles responding to an emergency when the collision occurred on June 18, 2019.
The judge said that while this was a safe maximum speed for a heavy vehicle such as the fire tender, it was not the safe speed for a garda car travelling to an emergency situation. In those circumstances the judge said it was reasonable for Garda O’Mahony to decide to overtake. When he was presented with the opportunity to pass both the fire tender and the tractor the judge said it was not unreasonable for Garda O’Mahony to attempt to do so given that he was responding to an emergency.
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