Pedestrian mowed down and cars rammed as gardai called to terrifying incident on busy Cork street

A pedestrian was mowed down and several cars were rammed during terrifying scenes in a Cork town.

It happened on Mac Curtain Street in Fermoy around 3.30pm on Saturday.

Gardai were called to the scene after a car drove down the busy town street, damaging a number of parked cars and hitting a pedestrian.