DUBLIN Fire Brigade had to cut a person from a car following a collision which happened this morning on Dorset Street.
They added that one person had been hospitalised following the crash but that their injuries are “non-life threatening”.
A spokesperson said: “Firefighter/Paramedics from Phibsborough and HQ extricated a patient from a car following a two car RTC on Dorset Street early this morning.
“The car was a hybrid which provides extra challenges when cutting. One to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”
Some followers grew nervous when the fire brigade mentioned that the hybrid provided ‘extra challenges’ when cutting.
However a spokesperson reassured: “Some extra precautions to be taken around batteries and cabling, nothing that our Firefighters can’t deal with.”
The firefighter were rushed to the scene of a separate incident where a car flipped upside down in Dublin.
The single-vehicle crash happened near Balbriggan and the fire brigade share the shocking images on their Twitter feed.
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They also revealed that the car’s seatbelts were what saved the occupants of the car from any serious injuries.
A spokesperson said: “Our #Balbriggan retained crew extricated two patients trapped in this car following a single vehicle roll-over RTC near the town.
“Seatbelts most certainly prevented the occupants from being ejected from the vehicle and causing serious injuries.”