'Tragedy averted': Gardaí seize scrambler from 15-year-old driver with nine year old passenger
Not so cute when one of ours spotted it on Bateman Quay last night at 10:30pm driving with no lights on.“A 15-year-old ‘in control’ with a nine-year-old pillion passenger. No helmets and wearing shorts and flip flops.“Seized under Section 109a RTA and to be destroyed. Obviously a serious follow up with Tusla also.
- ▪Not so cute when one of ours spotted it on Bateman Quay last night at 10:30pm driving with no lights on.“A 15-year-old ‘in control’ with a nine-year-old pillion passenger.
- ▪No helmets and wearing shorts and flip flops.“Seized under Section 109a RTA and to be destroyed.
- ▪Obviously a serious follow up with Tusla also.
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'Tragedy averted': Gardaí seize scrambler from 15-year-old driver with nine year old passengerThe vehicle will now be destroyedCommentsNewsCathal Ryan Reporter21:10, 26 Jul 2026View ImageThe scrambler was seized (Image: Garda Kilkenny Facebook )Gardaí have seized a scrambler bike from a 15-year-old with a nine-year-old-passenger riding the vehicle with no lights on.Officers in Kilkenny were on patrol in Bateman Quay at round 10:30pm Wednesday night when they spotted the vehicle being driven along with the light turned off.The 15-year-old was driving with a nine-year-old, with no helmets and wearing flip flops.Gardaí confirmed that the vehicle was seized under Section 109a of the Road Traffic Act and will now be destroyed.Officers also stressed a “serious” follow up with Tusla would…
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