Teenage girl seriously injured in crash with scrambler motorbike

Gardaí say two male teenagers on the bike were also injured in the crash
Teenage girl seriously injured in crash with scrambler motorbike

By Bairbre Holmes, Press Association

A teenage girl was seriously injured in a crash involving a scrambler motorbike in Dublin, gardaí say.

It happened on the Ratoath Road in Finglas at around 2.20pm on Sunday.

In a statement An Garda Síochána said the girl, a pedestrian, was brought to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown “for treatment of injuries believed to be serious”.

Two teenagers on the bike were treated for “non life-threatening” injuries.

One was described as “an adult male, aged in his late teens” and the other a “male juvenile”.

Gardaí say forensic collision investigators are conducting a technical examination of the scene and the road remains closed.

They are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact them.

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