A woman had a lucky escape yesterday after her car was swept off a road by a 50,000 gallon river of slurry.
The foul mess hit her motor after it spilled from a slurry tank thought to be more than 50 years old.
The Doon to Cappamore Road in East Limerick was closed today after the slurry tank ruptured on Monday night.
The force of the spillage was so strong that the woman’s car was pushed off the road at around 9.45pm.
Gardai, ambulance and two units of the fire service from Cappamore were called to the scene.
The woman was rescued by fire crews and did not sustain any injuries.
A hearse and another car just managed to escape the spillage which fell from a slurry pit located on a hilltop farm.
A number of houses nearby have also been damaged by the spillage and will have to be cleaned.
A source at the scene said: “It must have been like an avalanche. The slurry smashed through the slurry tank wall and it ran down a hill about 50 yards from the road.
“There was a woman driving a car and she was swept across the road with the force if it. There was a hearse and another car in front if her and they got through it.”
Limerick city and county council’s environment department attended the scene to assess the cost of the clean up and the damage to the local environment.
Source-Irish mirror
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