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The scene on the north quays this evening Christine Bohan/The Journal
Dublin

Referral made to GSOC following collision involving pedestrian and garda motorcycle on Ormond Quay

Dublin Bus has also resumed normal services having been impacted by the collision.

LAST UPDATE | 1 Feb

A REFERRAL HAS been made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) following a collision this afternoon in Dublin involving a pedestrian and an official garda motorcycle. 

Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of the road traffic collision on Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 1, this afternoon.

The collision involved a pedestrian and an official Garda motorcycle.

The male pedestrian, aged in his 30s, was taken to the Mater Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of motorcycle, a male Garda member, was also taken to hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

A number of road closures were put in place as a result of the collision, but they have all since been lifted.

Dublin Bus services were also diverted as a result of the road closures, but normal service has since resumed. 

A garda spokesperson confirmed that a referral has been made to GSOC because the collision involved an official Garda vehicle.

-With additional reporting from Diarmuid Pepper