Three teenagers taken to hospital after car driven at crowd

Three teenagers were taken to the hospital after an incident in which a car was driven at people in north County Dublin.

Gardaí said they had responded to a public order incident at Harbour Road,Skerries,on Saturday night.

A spokesperson said: ‘At approximately 9.30pm a large number of youths gathered and a fight broke out.

‘During the course of the incident,a car drove at a number of people.’

Gardaí said three teenagers,two female and one male,were taken to Beaumont Hospital for treatment with ‘non-life threatening injuries’.

The harrowing scenes were captured by someone there (Picture: X)

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Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.Fianna Fáil Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee said she was a family friend of one of the young women injured in the incident.In a statement,she said: ‘I am deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific incident that took place on Harbour Road,yesterday evening.‘There is absolutely no place for this kind of violence in our community.‘My thoughts are with her,the others injured,and all of their families. Thankfully,she is now home from the hospital. I wish each of them a full and speedy recovery.’Ms Clifford-Lee said ‘tensions have been building’ in the area following ‘a significant increase in the number of young people’ visiting Skerries.She said she had spoken to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan about the incident and asked for additional garda resources to be deployed ‘as soon as possible’.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at .For more stories like this,check our news page.