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Teenager hospitalised after scrambler hit-and-run at North Strand in Dublin city

The boy in his early teens received treatment at Temple Street Children’s Hospital for serious injuries, believed to be non-life-threatening at this time.

A TEENAGER WAS hospitalised with ‘serious injuries’ following a hit-and-run collision involving a scrambler.

The incident happened at the Five Lamps – at the junction of Killarney Street, Amiens Street and North Strand Road, Dublin 1 – on Saturday, 20 June.

A teenage pedestrian was struck by a scrambler at around 9.40pm, and the scrambler fled from the scene.

The pedestrian, a boy in his early teens, received treatment at Temple Street Children’s Hospital for serious injuries, believed to be non-life-threatening at this time.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward.

Road users with camera footage, including dash-cam, travelling in the area of the Five Lamps / North Strand Road between 9.15pm and 10.15pm on Saturday 20 June are asked to make it available.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Mountjoy garda station on (01) 666 8600, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.

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