Three people fined for filming crash in Louth

Gardai witnessed three motorists driving past while recording the scene with their phones

Three motorists have been fined for filming the scene of a crash on the M1 in County Louth.

Two lanes of the busy cross border motorway were blocked after a heavy goods lorry crashed yesterday morning.

In a social media post, Gardaí (Irish police) said: "Unbelievably while dealing with this complicated scene Gardaí witnessed three motorists driving past while recording the scene with their phones."

The three drivers, one of whom was driving a work van, were stopped and fined.

The driver of a van was among those stopped and fined for filming the scene

Gardaí from Clogherhead, Dundalk and Drogheda, who attended the scene, said the behaviour of the drivers left them "genuinely lost for words".

They added: "Using your phone increases the risk of another accident taking place potentially injuring or possibly causing a fatality at a collision."

Describing the behaviour as "completely disrespectful to anyone involved in the collision", the Gardaí said: "You have to ask yourself would you like a photo/video of you being uploaded onto social media if something like this happened to you."