Fatal Car Crash Tonight

hairyfairy00

Such a terrible tragedy, my sympathies to all their families

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1117/rta.html

Oh my god.... 4 dead..

LadyMayBelle

Oh my, what tragic news. Rip

Mars Bar

*shivers*, horrible.

RIP

bigeasyeah

Such a bad night too.
My condolences to the families.
Puts a lot into perspective.

Reginald P. DuM

Utterly Tragic, 4 families stricken. My sympathies to them all..

happyoutish

I heard this awhile ago... so, so, so sad...

Sympathies to the families..

tinofapples

4 female students it seems. Tragic

RIP

Tedole

God bless them and their families, so sad five and a bit weeks before Christmas

[-0-]

Awful stuff. Saw the story on breakingnews.ie. It's more than 4 families affected by this. My sympathies go out to all of them. Poor girls.

muskyj

one of the girls grew up right next door. another is close friend of the family. may they all RIP. so tragic.

KevR

Only heard about the accident this morning and got an email about it from NUIG a while ago.

So tragic

jenno86

RT&#201 wrote: »

The victims have been named as 19-year-old Marie Ní Chonaile from Baile na hAbhann, Connemara; Teresa Molloy, also 19, from Leitir Mór, Connemara; 20-year-old Sara Byrne from Headford, Co Galway; and Sorcha Rose McLaughlin, 19, from Mulgannon, Co Wexford.(

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1118/rta.html

RIP

LadyMayBelle

An unthinkable tragedy. So so sad, those poor girls and their families. RIP.

big b

condolences to family & friends of all involved.

RIP

Xiney

Heard about this on the radio. What a horrible tragedy.

gaillimhabu

Go ndeanamh Dia grasta ar a nanam naofa

biko

RIP, poor families

schween

So awful.
R.I.P.

m83

This is beyond terrible. I'm so affected by this tragedy and i don't even know any of the girls. RIP.

FouxDaFaFa

Such a terrible loss, my heart goes out to all the families.
NUI was not a happy place today.

GuessWho2009

very very sad, brings tears to my eyes. heart goes out for the girls family the one girl fighting for her life and the driver of the truck.

R.I.P

Matt Bauer

My thoughts are with their families. Had some tears in my eyes, I went to college in Galway and just drove past the spot where it happened 3 hours before the accident.

The N17 really needs to be upgraded, parts of it are dangerous and I have seen way too many accidents on it. If it were at least a 2+2 road with a barrier in the middle, this kind of accident couldn't happen.

The truck and car got towed past work today.. Horrific to think there was five girls in what was left of the car

itac

Matt Bauer wrote: »

The N17 really needs to be upgraded, parts of it are dangerous and I have seen way too many accidents on it. If it were at least a 2+2 road with a barrier in the middle, this kind of accident couldn't happen.

Totally agree Matt, have driven that road many times myself, and had one or two scary moments doing so. It's so upsetting to see the sh** that goes on wasting money in the Governmental dept's, and then you have stretches of main routes in a shambles:mad:

Irrespective of that, seeing the reports on the news had me in tears....just thinking that there's five devastated families around the country today, as well as a truck driver who will have to live with the memories of this for the rest of his life. God love those who came upon the scene as well....words are really no good at times like this. Deepest sympathies to all those affected by this tragedy...xx

Tawny

Terrible tragedy.

My heart goes out to the families and friends, such a terrible thing to have to deal with. Christmas will be impossible for them.

Galway1989

Rest in peace girls.. from a third year geography student in NUI Galway. College was so tough today. I didn't know whether i recognised the girls from college or the shop i work at in county galway. Its hard when you can't put names to faces. My heart goes out to all their friends and family. Our communities are plunged into mourning at this shocking tragic loss. xxx

Everyone, please be extra careful on the roads till next week. They're in a dreadful state

Morlar

Condolences to the families involved.

po0k

That is numbing to the core

My sympathies are with the families.

shqipshume

Deepest condolences to all family and friends RIP My heart goes out to them.

iguy

R.i.p girls...My thoughts are with the girls families.....it was such a tragedy...also my thoughts are are with the two other people...once again r.i.p and god bless...

moomoo2007

Awful tradegy, sympathy to their families, Rest in peace girls.

Average-Ro

There's been another fatal accident in Galway. Last night, two 16 year olds were involved in a crash on the bridge in Leitir Mór, Conemarra. The driver is in hospital at the moment, but the passenger died RIP

http://www.galwaynews.ie/9798-second-teen-stable-following-fatal-connemara-crash

biko

I removed certain aspects of the above post as hearsay.
Please also add links to news stories so they can be verified.

RIP

Sponge Bob

I heard the same story as Ro about the deceased , it will be all over the papers tomorrow .

LadyMayBelle

I had read his post before it got snipped too, and hope it isn't true. Tragic though in any situation for such an accident to happen.

Current link: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1123/rta.html

Jack Daniels I

RIP

Das Kitty

Irish Independent named the dead teenager as Michael Joyce this morning.

RIP

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/teen-killed-in-car-smash-after-road-death-funeral-1951962.html

ShineadyRyan

That accident was the start to what has been a horrible 2 weeks, I Knew the girls in the accident. :(Everyone in college is still in shock. And now that poor Seoighe lad died too. I'd say connamara is numb. Just makes you think how lucky we are and even though alot of people's homes are wrecked from the water damage in these floods.....they aren't dead.

R.I.P Cailini & codladh samh.

mikebites

Sorry to say this but many parts of the National roads are quite bad.

1. Some of them are quite narrow. It's like playing videos games and bet your life on it.

2. Unevenly repaired roads (sometimes you can feel the dip on the left side) along with the rain water can be a fatal combination.

3. Even on N roads, in some places, bends are sudden and are uncomfortable. So, cruise control is virtually useless even on National roads.

Most of the cars driven are less than 1 litre engine and hence uder these undrivable conditions these cars are more prone to lose control.

I keep these incidents in mind when I drive nowadays. Roads are quite bad and anything can happen.


My deepest condolences to the families. A sad incident and a wake-up call for all of us.