Slip road off M50 reopens after overturned truck removed

Three heavy lifting vehicles used to clear road near Red Cow

Overturned truck on a slip road near the M50 on Monday. Photograph: Garda traffic/Twitter
Overturned truck on a slip road near the M50 on Monday. Photograph: Garda traffic/Twitter

Gardaí have removed an overturned truck that had blocked traffic on a slip road from the Naas Road outbound on the M50 northbound about four hours on Monday.

The road was reopened about 1pm after three heavy lifting vehicles moved the truck from the road.

The incident happened near junction nine (Red Cow) on the road leading from Naas Road outbound onto the M50 northbound about 9am.

No one was injured in the incident.

Rachel Flaherty

Rachel Flaherty

Rachel Flaherty is Digital Features Editor and journalist with The Irish Times