Van suffers blowout on the motorway in Laois

Laois Gardai say a van that suffered a blowout on the motorway in Laois was a tonne overweight. 

They posted an image of the van’s shredded tyre on social media. 

“Laois Roads Policing Unit attended a scene on the M7 this morning where a vehicle suffered a tyre blowout. Luckily no one was injured. 

“On inspection of the vehicle it was found to be overloaded with industrial machinery. The vehicle was taken to a local weigh station and found to be over a tonne overweight,” Gardai stated. 

They said proceedings have now commenced against the driver.