Two youths and a man involved in a crash while driving a stolen car in Swords in north Dublin last night have gone missing after discharging themselves from Beaumount hospital this morning.
After last night's crash, a youth understood to be 15-years-old and a 27-year-old man were taken to the hospital while another youth fled the scene.
A short time later he was arrested by Gardaí and subsequently released to the hospital to receive treatment.
Gardaí say the all three checked themselves out early this morning and left the hospital by taxi.
A garda spokesman said they knew the identities of the three and were following a definite line of inquiry.
They were travelling in a Nissan Micra car on the M1 Motorway when they crashed into the Seatown roundabout at 11.25 p.m. Two ambulances and two fire engines attended the scene.
It is understood that the occupants of the crashed car had appeared at Drogheda court yesterday in connection with a robbery and had stolen the Micra to get back to Dublin.