Eight people, including seven teenagers, were injured after a car mounted a footpath outside a row of shops in Dublin, Ireland. The vehicle crashed outside an off-licence along Oliver Plunkett Road, Monkstown, a suburb six miles south of Dublin city centre, at 3pm.
Victims aged 14 to 15
The Gardaí, the Irish police force, described the incident as a 'serious road traffic collision'. The seven injured teenagers were aged between 14 and 15 years old, according to sources cited by the Irish Mirror. The driver of the car, a woman in her 40s, may have suffered a medical episode while behind the wheel, Irish news outlet RTÉ reported.
All taken to hospital
Gardaí said: 'The seven juvenile pedestrians, all teenagers, and the driver of the car, a woman aged in her 40s, sustained varying degrees of injuries. All eight individuals have been taken to different hospitals for treatment.'
Gardaí added: 'Gardaí are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision.'
