Two motorists had a lucky escape following a head-on collision after one drove the wrong direction around a roundabout on the M18 motorway in Co Clare.
An elderly man is understood to have taken a wrong turn on the roundabout at junction 9 at Drumline near Shannon where the M18 connects with the N19 dual-carriageway.
It’s thought the man was heading towards Shannon when he unwittingly turned right into oncoming traffic. His vehicle collided with a car that was travelling from Shannon. The female driver of that vehicle was uninjured.
The collision happened at around 2.55pm and forced gardaí to reduce traffic flow to just one lane while ambulance paramedics assessed the two drivers.
Traffic Infrastructure Ireland (TII) road crews also attended the incident.