Three motorists who gardaí say were witnessed filming the scene of a collision on a motorway in Co Louth have been fined.
Gardaí from Clogerhead, along with officers from the Dundalk Drogheda Roads Policing Unit, attended the scene of a crash involving a HGV on the M1 yesterday morning.
Two lanes of the motorway were blocked for some time.
In a post on social media, gardaí said that "unbelievably" they witnessed three motorists "driving past while recording the scene with their phones".
All three were stopped and issued with fixed penalty notices.
Gardaí have said that "using your phone increases the risk of another accident taking place".
They added that it is also "completely disrespectful to anyone involved in the collision".
