The injured man was rushed by ambulance from the scene, located about 16km from Limerick city, to University Hospital Limerick, where is was in a serious condition.

At approximately 2.30pm, a male Garda approached two males on the e-bike directing them to dismount.

A member of An Garda Síochána was hospitalised after a hit-and-run incident in Kinnegad, Co Westmeath on Thursday

A man was seriously injured when he was struck by the vehicle, which failed to remain at the scene.

The collision happened on Blanchardstown Road North at around 5:45pm on Thursday.

Marguerita O’Rourke (21) suffered critical injuries and died after a van collided with gates at a property in Rathkeale, Limerick.

Gardaí appealed for information after a young female pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run road traffic collision in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, on Saturday

Local diversions are in place

Mary Bernie (87), known as Peg, died from her injuries three days after she was knocked down on Eccles Street, Dublin 7, on June 20 last year

A man in his 20s is being questioned following multiple incidents including a hit-and-run in Cork

Joe Drennan (20) was waiting at a bus stop on the Dublin Road in Limerick on October 13th, 2023, when he was hit by a car which failed to remain at the scene

A male pedestrian aged in his 40s was killed in the incident in Drogheda during the early hours of Sunday

Gardaí have arrested a man in relation to a fatal hit-and-run in Dublin which occurred on Wednesday, October 4th

The car failed to remain at the scene of the collision

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a 9-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run in Co Donegal overnight