A delivery van driver bit off more than he could chew when his cab was torn apart when it was driven into the under-passage of a bridge in Limerick city, this morning.
The collision occurred on Honan’s Quay, beneath Sarsfield Bridge, around 9am.
A passer-by said: “The truck was just way too high to go under the bridge, it’s full of toilet paper and crisps; and the roof was completely ripped off.”
The 2012 Dublin-registered white coloured Ford’s cab was completely destroyed in the collision.
The under-passage has a 2.5m height restriction for vehicles.
There are “caution signs” and a yellow warning sign attached to the bridge notifying traffic of the height restriction.
The under-passage was blocked for a period this morning but is now cleared.
The damaged white van was removed from the scene of the collision on the back of a tow-truck.
“Gardaí attended the scene of a single vehicle road traffic collision where a van struck a bridge on Honan’s Quay, Limerick City at 9.00am, Wednesday 2021,” said a garda spokesman.
“No injuries have been reported and the road is now clear,” they added.
