Two members of An Garda Siochána have been injured after a stolen car rammed Garda vehicles a number of times in County Mayo in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Three men have been arrested in connection with the incidents, which took place in Castlebar, County Mayo.
Gardaí were alerted to a call that a blue Skoda Octavia car had been stolen at Horsepark in Castlebar at approximately 3:30am.
The stolen car was observed by a Garda patrol car on Station Road, which then rammed the Garda car before leaving in the direction of the village of Ballyheane where it would ram the Garda patrol car again, causing extensive damage.
At 4:30am, the stolen Skoda was observed by another Garda unit in the Ballintubber area. This Garda car was also rammed by the Skoda in the townland of Kilkerrin, Partry.
A number of Garda units including an armed support unit were in the area searching for the offending car. The Skoda was subsequently located having crashed at Kilmaine Road.
Three men aged 16, 20 and 23 believed to have been in the stolen car were all arrested at the scene at approximately 4:30am and have been detained at Castlebar Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
Two members of An Garda Síochána sustained minor injuries as a result of the incidents.
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