Gardai and emergency services attend Galway city crash
There were severe traffic delays across the city near Merlin Hospital
Gardai and emergency services rushed to the scene of a two car crash in Galway city during peak traffic.
The collision took place on the Old Dublin Road near the entrance of Merlin Hospital on Tuesday evening.
Motorists reported serious traffic delays from 5pm onwards with one eyewitness saying: “Ambulance and guards were on the scene straight away.
They added: “Traffic went down to one lane. Traffic has been bad heading east in the evenings the last week but this delayed things even more.
Thankfully, no injuries were reported despite the seriousness of the collision.
A spokesman for gardai told Galway Live: “Gardaí and emergency services responded to a two-car road traffic collision which occurred on the Old Dublin Road, Galway, at around 5:40pm on 30th June 2026.”
He added: “No injuries reported at the time.”