Court appearance due following Longford assault and carjacking.

Just before 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening a woman in her forties was confronted at knifepoint by two men as she returned to her car at a car park on Ballymahon Street in the town.

She was forced into her car which was then driven from the scene before crashing into a ditch a short time later.

A 29 year old man – who has been arrested in connection with the incident – is due before a special sitting of Longford District Court at 4 o'clock this afternoon.