On a Saturday evening, at about ten past eight, two cars met on a stretch of the R132 at Dowdallshill, just outside Dundalk, and in an instant several ordinary lives were turned toward the hospital. Among them is a small boy, a passenger, who lies in critical condition at Temple Street, while three others, a woman, a man and a teenage girl, were treated for injuries that are not life-threatening. What caused the collision is not yet known, and gardaí are now asking the people who were nearby, and anyone who may have caught the moment on camera, to help them piece it together.
Young Boy in Critical Condition After Two-Car Crash on R132 in Dundalk; Gardaí Appeal for Witnesses
An infant boy is in critical condition in hospital, and three other people were injured with non-life-threatening injuries.
An infant boy remains in a critical condition at Temple Street
Mark
Four people hurt, and the headline is about a baby. Is that the heart of this?
Mimi
It is. The infant boy is the only one described as critical, and he's at Temple Street Children's Hospital. The other three are in Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda with injuries that aren't life-threatening.
Mark
What do we know about how the crash happened?
Luke
Nothing yet. The reporting gives the time, the road and the injuries, and that's all. No cause has been stated, so anything beyond that would be guesswork.
Mark
Gardaí did a technical examination, though. Doesn't that tell us something?
Mimi
It tells us they're taking it seriously and gathering evidence. Forensic Collision Investigators examined the scene, but no findings have been shared.
Luke
Right, and the examination is a process, not a conclusion. Also worth noting that ages are given only roughly: the woman is in her late 20s, the man in his early 50s, the girl is just described as a teenager.
Mark
Why appeal for camera footage specifically?
Mimi
Because footage can show what the vehicles did before impact. Gardaí want people near the scene around 8.10pm, and anyone with recordings, to come forward.
Luke
And we don't know if there's any footage at all. The appeal is a request, not a sign that it exists.
Mark
So what are we waiting on?
Mimi
Word on the boy's condition, and anything from the investigation.
Der Puls
- A two-car collision on the R132 at Dowdallshill left an infant boy in critical condition and sent three others to hospital.
- The small boy was rushed to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin, and his condition has not been updated since.
- Garda Forensic Collision Investigators have combed the scene, searching for the mechanics of a crash whose cause is still unexplained.
- Gardaí are appealing to witnesses and to anyone holding dashcam or CCTV footage from around 8.10pm on Saturday.
- The outcome hangs on the infant's condition and on what the forensic examination and the footage reveal.
On a Saturday evening, at about ten past eight, two cars met on a stretch of the R132 at Dowdallshill, just outside Dundalk, and in an instant several ordinary lives were turned toward the hospital. Among them is a small boy, a passenger, who lies in critical condition at Temple Street, while three others, a woman, a man and a teenage girl, were treated for injuries that are not life-threatening. What caused the collision is not yet known, and gardaí are now asking the people who were nearby, and anyone who may have caught the moment on camera, to help them piece it together.
At around 8.10 on Saturday evening, two cars collided on the R132 at Dowdallshill in Dundalk, Co Louth. By the time emergency crews had finished, four people had been taken to hospital, and the most urgent of them was a baby boy, a passenger in one of the vehicles.
He was taken to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin, where he remains in a critical condition. There has been no further word on how he is doing. The woman driving the car he was in, in her late twenties, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with non-life-threatening injuries. The man in his early fifties driving the second car, and a teenage girl travelling with him, were also taken there, and neither injury is considered life-threatening. The reports do not name anyone involved or say how they are connected.
Gardaí have begun the slow work of understanding how it happened, with Garda Forensic Collision Investigators examining the road. No cause has been given. Now gardaí are asking anyone who was near the scene that evening to come forward, along with anyone who may have dashcam or other camera footage from the area.
For now, the central question is the boy at Temple Street, and what the investigation will reveal.
At around 8.10pm on Saturday, two cars collided on the R132 at Dowdallshill in Dundalk, Co Louth. By the time emergency services had finished at the scene, four people had been taken to hospital, and one of them, an infant boy, was in a critical condition.
The boy was a passenger in one of the two vehicles. He was removed to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin, where he remains in a critical condition. No further information on his progress has been reported.
The driver of the car he was travelling in, a woman in her late 20s, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Her injuries are described as non-life-threatening.
The second vehicle was driven by a man in his early 50s. A teenage girl was a passenger in his car. Both were also taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, and both have injuries that are not considered life-threatening. The reports do not give the identities of any of those involved, nor the relationship between them.
Garda Forensic Collision Investigators carried out a technical examination of the scene. That kind of examination is the main route by which gardaí work to establish how a collision happened. No cause has been given, and nothing in the reports says what led to the crash.
Gardaí have now appealed for witnesses. They are asking anyone who was near the scene around the time of the incident to come forward. They are also asking anyone who may have camera footage from the area to get in touch. That could include dashcam recordings or other cameras that might have captured the vehicles in the period around 8.10pm.
For now, the picture is limited to the injuries and the appeal. The condition of the infant boy at Temple Street is the central open question, and any update on it, along with any finding from the forensic examination, will shape what is known next about Saturday's crash on the R132.
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Gardaí are appealing to anyone near the scene around the time, and to anyone with camera footage, to come forward.— Gardaí (paraphrased)
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