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17th Sep 2019

Man arrested as car smashes through shop window in Skerries

Rudi Kinsella

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Miraculously, nobody was injured in the incident.

A man has been arrested after a car smashed into a shop in Skerries on Tuesday.

The incident happened at the Primo C&T Superstore at around 1.30pm on Tuesday afternoon.

Luckily, nobody was injured during the incident.

A male in his 40s has been arrested in relation to the incident; Gardaí say that investigations are ongoing.

“Staff were amazing, and should be really proud of themselves how they managed the situation and their customers in the aftermath,” said a customer who was in the shop at the time.

A video captured the extent of the damage caused to the shop, and the distance the car made it inside.

Footage and image via Carpe Diem Wholesale.

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