A woman is recovering at her home after her car was swept off a road by an avalanche of slurry and dumped in a field.
The Cappamore to Doon Road in east Limerick remains closed this afternoon after the slurry tank ruptured last night spilling an estimated 50,000 gallons of slurry down a hill onto the road.
The car carrying the mother of three (62) was washed off the road when the hilltop slurry tank collapsed at around 9:45pm last night.
The slurry pushed the woman's car into a nearby field. She suffered bruising and shock.
Today at her home in Cappamore, her husband said she was lucky the car did not over-turn, and that she did not smoother in the massive spillage.
She was rescued by local man Pat Hoban, who came on the scene after hearing screams.
A major clean-up and rebuilding of the road boundary is continuing and it remains closed.
