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Roof taken off bus to remove dead passenger

  • 20-01-2010 11:31pm
    #1
    one2one
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭


    From RTE.ie :


    Wednesday, 20 January 2010 21:24


    A man has been found dead on a bus in Maynooth, Co Kildare this evening.
    The man, who was in his 40s, boarded the bus at Heuston Station in Dublin at around 7pm this evening.
    When the bus reached the terminus in Maynooth, the man was dead.
    The fire brigade had to be called to remove the roof of the bus so the man could be removed from the vehicle.
    His body has been taken to Naas General Hospital where a post mortem will be carried out.
    Gardaí in Naas are investigating and the bus has been preserved pending the results of the post-mortem examination.


    Just from a view of ES crews - was there any need to cut the roof off?


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  • #2
    boomer_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 392 ✭✭boomer_ie


    one2one wrote: »
    From RTE.ie :


    Wednesday, 20 January 2010 21:24


    A man has been found dead on a bus in Maynooth, Co Kildare this evening.
    The man, who was in his 40s, boarded the bus at Heuston Station in Dublin at around 7pm this evening.
    When the bus reached the terminus in Maynooth, the man was dead.
    The fire brigade had to be called to remove the roof of the bus so the man could be removed from the vehicle.
    His body has been taken to Naas General Hospital where a post mortem will be carried out.
    Gardaí in Naas are investigating and the bus has been preserved pending the results of the post-mortem examination.


    Just from a view of ES crews - was there any need to cut the roof off?

    Possibly a 17 Seater Ford Transit Minibus or similar (I say 17 seater as they are cramped for working space)
    There are too many variables really, only the on scene crew would know the reasons for directing the roof be cut off.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It was a Dublin Bus no.66 and it was a window taken out.

    http://www.herald.ie/national-news/crew-had-to-pull-out-bus-window-to-get-at-body-2025045.html


  • #4
    ciarsd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭ciarsd


    No roof was removed! RTE got it very wrong.


  • #5
    boomer_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 392 ✭✭boomer_ie


    Wouldnt be the first time and probably wont be the last time, I had thought it strange that a bus roof was being removed.


  • #6
    DubMedic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    ciarsd wrote: »
    No roof was removed! RTE got it very wrong.
    The media got something wrong. Somebody should start a campaign, or something.

    .


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  • #7
    seanybiker
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    Ah a window removed sounds better than the whole roof being removed. Was wondering what was going on alright.


  • #8
    sgthighway
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    Its alright lads; RTE said there was an Ambulance Driver there. ;)


  • #9
    ciarsd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭ciarsd


    DubMedic wrote: »
    The media got something wrong. Somebody should start a campaign, or something.

    .

    :D very true!
    sgthighway wrote: »
    Its alright lads; RTE said there was an Ambulance Driver there. ;)

    Unreal isn't it. Ignorance or laziness or both, I dunno.


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