07-05-2025
'Like something out of GTA.' Gardai arrest two teens after high-speed car chase
A stolen car, pursued by Gardaí, sped in the wrong direction on a dual carriageway, careered around a roundabout and crashed before the occupants leapt out and fled in a dramatic incident in Cork on Tuesday evening.
A significant Garda presence in Midleton put a stop to the stolen car in an episode described by eyewitnesses as "like something out of a movie".
Gardaí in Dungarvan in Waterford spotted the car, which had "a number of youths on board", after it had emerged that it had been stolen from Cork city on Monday. A "containment operation" was subsequently put in place, reports Cork Beo.
The car is believed to have been driven at high speed from the Dungarvan area, with Gardaí attempting to intercept it along a 50km stretch of road into east Cork. Lakeview Roundabout, Cork (Image: Eoin Shortiss)
The car, a black hatchback, crashed just before 9pm on Tuesday, after swerving into oncoming traffic at Lakeview Roundabout before colliding with a van and finally coming to a stop after an hour-long chase.
The stolen car hit four other vehicles during the pursuit, but thankfully, no injuries were reported.
It's understood that the driver and two other men jumped from the car and ran from the crash. One teenager was seen running across the dual carriageway before attempting to climb over a fence on the opposite side of the road. Two teenagers were arrested as a result. Gardaí in pursuit of a man climbing over a fence at the edge of the N25 dual carriageway
One motorist on the N25 at the time of the incident said: "It was wild, all I can say is it was wild. He just flew right past, it was like something out of GTA, this thing was like lightning. We were mirror to mirror, about an inch away. Like something out of a movie."
Another local woman who witnessed events on the N25 said: "To see like a chase happen at the Lakeview roundabout, you just wouldn't see that. The guards handled it very well stopping traffic, to be fair to them. There was loads of guards around, Garda vans passing every two minutes."
A Garda spokesperson said in a statement: "Gardaí arrested two males following a managed containment operation across the Waterford and Cork County divisions on Tuesday, 6th May 2025.
"Two male juveniles were arrested and are currently detained at a Garda station in the Waterford division under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984."
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