Keep up with Armagh i

Shocking eye-witness account of M1 horror smashes

Accident outside Loughgall. Pic by Paul Finegan

An eye-witness has described the horrifying moment he saw THREE crashes while stopped at one which had already happened.

A staggering TEN road traffic accidents on the M1, particularly between Dungannon and Loughgall, were reported to police this morning.

A nurse, who helped out at the scene, said he “stopped to help a car that spun off the road in black ice and watched a further two happen in front of me.”

Accident outside Loughgall. Pic by Paul Finegan

Accident outside Loughgall. Pic by Paul Finegan

“The third was a young nurse who I stayed with. Both legs crushed and arm broken. I had to telephone her mother and new fiancé the news. It took nearly two hours to cut her out. I sat with her mother and fiancé waiting until she was out. As I left the scene two hours later I saw the evidence of a total of seven accidents.”

He added: “I’m a nurse and have a duty and personal requirement to stop and help. I saw the aftermath of six and witnessed three of them.”

A police statement read: “NIAS attended the report of a one vehicle rtc at approximately 6.40am. One woman was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

“NIAS also attended another woman at approximately 7.30am following a one vehicle rtc. Again, it is not believed that her injuries are life threatening.”

There were no other injuries reported with any other of the rtcs.

 

Sign Up To Our Newsletter

Most read today

More in News