Five people were taken to hospital last night after a truck collided with the Luas on the Red Line at Queen Street, in the Smithfield area of Dublin.
The tram was travelling into the city when it was derailed in the incident which happened at about 9 p.m. Both the Luas driver and the truck driver were treated for shock at the scene.
A spokeswoman for Luas said the five people had received minor injuries in the incident. Three units of the Dublin Fire Brigade and three ambulances attended the scene and took the injured people to the Mater Hospital.
A Luas incident officer was at the scene last night and services between the Blackhorse stop and Connolly Station were suspended for the night.
A spokeswoman for Luas said it was hoped that the trams would be running as normal this morning.
The Red Line, which runs from Connolly Station to Tallaght, has been the scene of more than 10 accidents since it opened in late September. This accident rate is much higher than on the Green Line, which runs from Sandyford to Tallaght.
However, the Red Line is more complex with 35 road crossings, compared with just six crossings on the Green Line.
