Issue Date: 14th February 2024
Gardaí at Swords are appealing for witnesses following a fatal single-vehicle road traffic incident on the M1 northbound at Junction 4, Donabate, on Wednesday, 14th February 2024. Gardaí and Emergency Services were alerted shortly after 7:30 am after a car traveling northbound veered off the motorway struck a barrier.
The driver and sole occupant of the car, a male in his 30s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His body has been removed to the mortuary at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.
The scene is preserved for technical examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators. The M1 northbound is currently closed between Junctions 4, Donabate, and 5, Balbriggan South, and local diversions are in place.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and who were traveling in the area at the time are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Swords Garda Station on 01 666 4700, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.v
