Gardaí seek lorry driver after stray tyre collides with car in Stranorlar

An Garda Siochana are on the lookout for a driver who may have not known a tyre fell off his lorry and collided with a car in Stranorlar.

On Wednesday, November 13, at approximately 12:40pm, a driver was travelling at Meetinghouse Street, in the direction of Letterkenny when an object - believed to have been a tyre - fell from the back of a lorry that had been travelling in the opposite direction. Damage was caused to the roof of the car as a result, although nobody was hurt.

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“The lorry continued onwards towards the traffic lights at McClay’s corner,” a garda spokesperson said. “We appeal to anybody who may have been in that area or who may have observed the incident to make contact with Gardaí in Letterkenny on 074-9167100. It is very possible that the lorry driver in question did not realise what had happened at the time and we also appeal to them now to come forward to speak to us.“