The Skerries Coast Guard team were paged just before 6:30 this morning to assist in a single vehicle accident north of Skerries. A vehicle appeared to have skidded on ice at a bend near Barnageera, about two miles north of Skerries and left the road, descending a sheer grassy cliff and landing overturned on the rocky beach below. The Coast Guard helicopter was also tasked to the scene.

Several units of the Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene and successfully extracted the driver from the vehicle. There were no other occupants of the vehicle. Fortunately the driver did not suffer any life threatening injuries.

Road conditions in the Fingal area are treacherous today and road users should take extreme care. Further sub zero temperatures are forcasted for the coming nights.

Local website, Balbriggan.info have some photographs of the scene of this morning’s incident after the vehicle wreckage was removed.

Incident # 2 of 2013

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard.