One person has been injured after a stolen ambulance crashed into a bus in Co. Louth.

The ambulance was taken from the grounds of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. and was driven down the Ballynakenny Road - where it crashed into a coach.

There were no passengers in the coach at the time. The driver is understood to have suffered bruising in the collision.

However the man driving the stolen ambulance has been taken by another ambulance back to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital for treatment.

Gardai in Drogheda are appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened at lunchtime to contact them.