Man (40s) charged over alleged feud related car ramming incident in Longford town
A man in his forties is due to appear in court this morning charged in connection to an alleged feud related incident in Longford that left a man in hospital after the car he was sitting in was rammed by a van in a local housing estate.
The alleged victim, who is from a locally based family, was treated at Tullamore’s Midland Regional Hospital following the incident which took place in the Legion Terrace area of the midlands town on September 16.
A number of uniformed gardaí and paramedics rushed to the scene and tended to the man before he was transferred to hospital.
The injured man sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the incident.
The car in which the man was allegedly rammed underwent a thorough technical examination as part of the investigation.
It occurred in an ordinarily quiet residential housing estate when gardaí were called to reports of a "disturbance and traffic collision" in the area.
It's understood detectives have been treating the incident as suspected endangerment and gardaí have confirmed a man in his forties is due to appear at a sitting of Longford District Court this morning.