Stinger device deployed in Cork city after vehicle crashed into a number of parked cars
SEVERAL houses in Cork city were evacuated early on Sunday morning following an incident in which gardaí deployed a stinger device to halt a vehicle which had earlier crashed into a number of parked cars.
SEVERAL houses in Cork city were evacuated early on Sunday morning following an incident in which gardaí deployed a stinger device to halt a vehicle which had earlier crashed into a number of parked cars.
A man in his 40s was arrested after what gardaí described as “a managed containment operation”.
Gardaí had attempted to stop a car in the Faggot Hill area north-west of the city when the vehicle took off towards Cork City.
The car collided with a garda car and number of stationary vehicles before gardaí deployed a stinger device and the car was brought to a stop on Thomas Davis Street in Blackpool.
No injuries were reported, but it is understood that as many as 30 homes were evacuated in the Blackpool area after a gas pipe was damaged.
A crew from Cork Fire Brigade carried out the evacuations while Gas Networks Ireland officials repaired the damaged pipe.
In a statement, the garda press office said:
Thomas Davis Street remained closed on Sunday afternoon with local diversions in place.
“Investigations are ongoing,” the garda statement concluded.
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