A garda was left with several injuries after being dragged by a jeep driven by a suspected drink driver in Co Tipperary.
Gardaí had been responding to reports of a motorist possibly under the influence in the Birdhill area on Saturday night at around 5.50pm.
Officers saw the man entering a jeep and he later failed to stop as he drove towards the village in the north-west of the county.
The vehicle then lost control and collided with a signpost at a road junction.
A garda approached the jeep but was then dragged by the vehicle along the road after it sped towards the Limerick direction.
He was then taken to University Hospital Limerick where he was found to have suffered a broken ankle, head injuries and numerous cuts and bruises.
A man in his 50s was arrested after the incident and detained at Nenagh garda station.
A garda spokesperson said that the scene has been examined by Forensic Collisions Investigators and that investigations are ongoing.
