{"id":195820,"date":"2025-12-17T03:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195820\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T03:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:58:11","slug":"woman-70s-rushed-to-hospital-after-crash-on-notorious-wexford-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/195820\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman (70s) rushed to hospital after crash on notorious Wexford road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING\u00a0|\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wexford General Hospital.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/62c592bf-a95f-40b4-9125-a838382ed68b.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Wexford General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Emergency services are attending the scene of a road crash on the N25 Rosslare Road at Ballykelly Drinagh this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A single road traffic collision, the incident saw a car collide with the wall of The Coal Bunker Bar shortly after 6 p.m. Thankfully, no other vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed, the National Ambulance Service and the Fire Service responded and medical assistance was administered to the driver of the car, reportedly a woman aged in her 70s, at the roadside. She was then taken to Wexford General Hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">While she is said to have been badly shaken by the incident, her injuries were understood to have been non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Meanwhile, traffic was down to just one lane on the main road as garda\u00ed attempted to clear the scene. Motorists were told to expect delays until the road is fully cleared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There have been numerous calls for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to take action on the stretch of the N25 near The Coal Bunker Bar in recent times. This is the latest incident since the tragic death of Miley Cousins outside of the pub in which he worked back in October. <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A Kilkenny man was later charged in connection with the fatal crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BREAKING\u00a0|\u00a0 Wexford General Hospital. 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