There were dramatic scenes in Galway this afternoon when a truck crashed into a row of cars outside a primary school.
The accident happened just as parents were arriving at Cregmore National School, a short distance from Galway Airport, to collect their children.
Five people, including two children and a grandmother, were taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
The truck crashed through a wall into the pick-up area of the school and the force of the collision resulted in an 11 car pile-up.
School principal Joe Kennelly said it was extremely lucky that nobody was injured.
He said parents and teachers pulled children out of the path of the oncoming truck.
