Part of the N7 closed following serious collision earlier this morning

The Naas Road outbound has been closed following a serious collision in the early hours of this morning.

The collision occurred between J2 Kingswood and J3 Citywest before 7am, resulting in Gardaí closing off the road to traffic to deal with the incident.

A large number of Gardaí, ambulance and fire service crews are currently at the scene, but not further details of the accident are available at this time.

Traffic in the area leading up to the incident has been extremely heavy since the accident and has been unable to move. Diversions have been put in place to deal with traffic coming out of Dublin, with motorists advised to take the exit at J1a Newlands Cross to avoid the scene.

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