Two girls in their late teens were lucky to escape injury when the Peugeot 306 they were travelling in veered off the road at 1.30am last Friday (23rd February) morning at McCaughey’s Gala/Maxol filling station in Clones. The car crossed the petrol court entrance, went over the grass verge and slammed into the metal fence surrounding the hedge above the river. The girls were uninjured apart from a few bumps and bruises according to the Gardai.

The unnamed young driver has blamed a mechanical failure in the car for the crash which is currently being investigated by Gardai. A recovery truck removed the car in the late afternoon following a Garda examination.