Mitchelstown gardaí fished an alleged crazed cocaine-intoxicated driver from a river after a high speed chase across narrow country roads and farmland.
The dramatic incident happened last Wednesday evening as gardaí on patrol, tried to talk to the occupants of a suspicious vehicle.
When they tried to stop the car, it drove away at speed and a pursuit began. The car, carrying three men, careened around country roads and even tried to drive across farmland.
The vehicle came to a halt when the driver attempted to drive through a metal gate guarding the entrance to a field of cattle. Such was the ferocity of the impact, that the gate was severely damaged.
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