Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a crashed and burnt out car on a country road in Co Clare this evening.
The alarm was raised at around 5.45pm when Gardaí received a report that a car had collided with a tree on the L4104 at Clooney just off the R352 Ennis to Tulla Road, close to Clooney cemetery.
Gardaí, National Ambulance Service paramedics and units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Ennis station responded to the incident.
On arrival at the scene, fire crews found a car crashed and blocking the roadway. The vehicle was also on fire. There was however no sign of the driver who is understood to have left the scene.
Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus quickly brought the fire under control.
The vehicle has since been removed and the road reopened. Gardaí are investigating the matter.
