Ambulance crew forced to detain van driver after crash
Gardaí in Westmeath arrested the driver at the scene of the crash
An ambulance crew in county Westmeath were forced to detain the driver of a van that narrowly avoided colliding with them while en-route to hospital.
The Garda Roads Policing Unit in Delvin, Westmeath were called to the scene of the collision on Saturday night, March 16.
The van had come up off the M4 motorway and hit a lamppost, narrowly missing the ambulance which was en-route to hospital with a patient.
The ambulance crew were forced to try detain the van's driver as he tried to flee the scene.
When gardaí arrived, he was arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence.