{"id":275958,"date":"2026-02-01T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/275958\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:43:08","slug":"number-of-people-hospitalised-after-garda-car-smashes-into-van-in-south-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/275958\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of people hospitalised after garda car smashes into van in south Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gardai and National Ambulance Service paramedics attended the scene at around 11:20am on Cromwellsfort Road in Walkinstown<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gardai and National Ambulance Service paramedics attended the scene at around 11:20am on Cromwellsfort Road in Walkinstown\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_Gardai-and-National-Ambulance-Service-paramedics-attended-the-scene-at-around-1120am-on-Cromwellsf.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Gardai and National Ambulance Service paramedics attended the scene at around 11:20am on Cromwellsfort Road in Walkinstown\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gardai and National Ambulance Service paramedics attended the scene at around 11:20am on Cromwellsfort Road in Walkinstown<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A number of people have been hospitalised after a garda car smashed into a van in south <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Dublin<\/a> on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gardai and National Ambulance Service paramedics attended the scene at around 11:20am on Cromwellsfort Road in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/Walkinstown\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Walkinstown<\/a>. A number of videos that appear to capture the aftermath of the collision have been shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One of the videos appears to show a female officer removing a woman wearing pink bottoms and a blue top from the back seat of the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/an-garda-siochana\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">garda<\/a> car after the collision. The female officer can be seen helping the woman as she limps to the pavement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a separate video a male officer can be seen limping away from the scene and getting into the back of a another garda vehicle. Gardai confirmed that one of the vehicles involved in the collision was an &#8220;official Garda vehicle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They said: &#8220;Garda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene of a two vehicle road traffic collision on Cromwellsfort Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 this morning, Sunday 1st February 2026. The collision involved three cars and occurred at approximately 11:20am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;One of the cars involved in this collision was an official Garda vehicle. A number of people were taken from the scene to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. 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