Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a motorist allegedly hit an off-duty garda who was out cycling and then drove on with one of the garda’s feet wedged in their car.
The victim, named locally as Inspector Niall Flood, from Dromcollogher, Co Limerick, was found seriously injured on the R522, between Dromcollogher and Feoghanagh, near Newcastle West, about 7.15pm on Thursday night.
Gardaí are working on a theory that the motorist panicked after the collision, left the scene and drove to a house where Garda Flood’s foot was found stuck in the car after it had been amputated in the collision and gardaí were alerted.
A woman in her 20s was arrested for suspected drink driving as part of the Garda inquiry into the incident.
Insp Flood, who was stationed out of Henry Street, Limerick City and Newcastle West, was airlifted from the scene by the Irish Community Air Ambulance based in Rathcoole Aerodrome, Co Cork, to Cork University Hospital.
He was said on Friday to be in a serious but stable condition.
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