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Officer hit by car critically ill | |
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An Irish police officer has been transferred to hospital in Dublin after he was hit by a car in Letterkenny, County Donegal. | |
The 28-year-old officer, who is critically ill, had been at Letterkenny General Hospital after the hit-and-run at about 0430 GMT on Thursday. | |
Irish police said he attempted to stop a stolen car in the Tara Court housing estate when a car was driven at him. | Irish police said he attempted to stop a stolen car in the Tara Court housing estate when a car was driven at him. |
Two teenagers were arrested, one at the scene and a second a short time later. | |
The boy arrested at Tara Court was under 18 and the second youth, who is in his late teens, was arrested nearby in Milford. | |
Irish police said the scene and the two cars will undergo forensic examinations. | |
One of the vehicles had been taken without the consent of the owner from a house in the area. | |
Michael Boyce, from the Garda Representative Association, said officers were shocked by what happened. | |
"They saw three of their colleagues head out to a crime and now one of them is in hospital with serious head injuries, it's just left them numb," he said. |