A man and young child are recovering in hospital following a road crash in West Clare.
Two cars collided at Cloonfurrish, near Ballynacally, around 4 o'clock yesterday evening.
Emergency services were alerted around 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a passerby reported that two cars had collided at Cloonfurrish on the Ballynacally to Cranny road.
It's understood that one of the vehicles overturned after the impact and that a man and child were still inside in the car.
On arrival at the scene, ambulance paramedics found a man in his 20’s trapped and Clare County Fire Service was alerted.
Three units of the fire brigade from Ennis responded to the incident and fire crews used specialist cutting equipment to safely remove the trapped man from the car.
In the meantime, paramedics were able to safely remove an infant boy and begin treating him.
The man and child were taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
