A man suffered non-life threatening injuries after a road traffic incident in Co. Cork last weekend involving three vehicles, one of which was understood to be a milk tanker.

Video footage and images circulating online appear to show a milk tanker that overturned and leaked milk onto the road and into an adjacent property.

Gardaí confirmed to Agriland that emergency services responded to a three-vehicle road traffic incident in the Coolyregan area, near Mitchelstown, on Saturday (February 15).

The collision occurred at approximately 8:00a.m that morning.

A man was brought to hospital for treatment for non-life threatening injuries and gardaí confirmed that an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

The incident occurred on the N73 road, between Mitchelstown and junction 12 of the M8.

Cork County Council told Agriland: "On Saturday [February 15], at 8:10[a.m], Mitchelstown and Fermoy fire stations were mobilised to a road traffic collision involving a milk truck, which was overturned on the N73 at Coolyregan, Mitchelstown.

"An Garda Síochána and the HSE [Health Service Executive] National Ambulance Service were also mobilised and attended the incident," the county council statement added.

One video shows milk leaking from the overturned tanker into the front yard of a house on the roadside.

Other images being circulated appear to show that the lorry struck a tree and was extensively damaged, while a car was also damaged in the incident.

Separately on road safety, the RSA has called on farmers and landowners to cut overgrown hedges at roadsides to improve road safety.

The RSA – alongside the County and City Management Association (CCMA) and the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) have issued a joint call for landowners to ensure hedges on their property are not causing safety hazards.

Hedges can be cut between September 1 and the end of February. Under the Wildlife Act 1976, hedgecutting is prohibited from March 1 to August 31, except in cases where overgrowth poses a safety hazard to motorists.

Properly maintained hedges ensure vulnerable road users are not forced onto the road by overgrown hedges, the RSA said.