{"id":622227,"date":"2026-09-12T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622227\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T07:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:42:15","slug":"man-arrested-after-high-speed-crash-damages-parked-cars-in-corks-ballintemple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622227\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after high-speed crash damages parked cars in Cork\u2019s Ballintemple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man in his 50s has been arrested following a high-speed crash in a busy suburb of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/cork-news\/\">Cork city<\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed attended the scene of the incident, which occurred in Ballintemple village at approximately 9.15am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As seen in footage circulating online, a white Ford Focus was observed driving at speed through the junction at Beaumont Drive and Ballintemple before colliding with parked vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In further footage, the driver is seen exiting his vehicle, appearing disoriented and agitated and falling over at one point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A number of vehicles were damaged in the collision, according to a spokesperson for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/an-garda-s%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na_topic-5076620.html\">An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The driver, a man in his 50s, was arrested at the scene and taken to a Garda station in Cork city, where he is currently being detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cInvestigations are ongoing,\u201d the Garda spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">\u2018It is a miracle that no-one was killed\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Labour Party councillor for the Cork city South East ward, Peter Horgan, who is chair of the city council\u2019s transport committee, said the \u201cnear miss\u201d incident underlines the urgent need for safety measures in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cNotwithstanding the driver behaviour that caused this crash, this junction is in desperate need of safety works,\u201d said Mr Horgan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt is a miracle that no-one was killed. We could have been describing a horrific situation with lost lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI make no apologies for seeking to slow down traffic in Cork, and this section of road is currently exempt from the 30km speed review that is currently underway. I will be seeking all of Ballintemple village to be included.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Horgan also urged anyone with footage to make it available to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhatsApp was flooded with videos in a short while after the incident,\u201d said Mr Horgan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAnyone with original footage should make this available to garda\u00ed today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 50s has been arrested following a high-speed crash in a busy suburb of Cork&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,79,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-622227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}