Overturned truck on M50 freeflow

Davy

Did anyone see the artic on its side this morning. Was a very strange sight to see. Anyone hear what actually
happened, or is the road cambre poor along that section.

HPT

I heard on the news that the truck driver died.

patrickc

Davy wrote: »

Did anyone see the artic on its side this morning. Was a very strange sight to see. Anyone hear what actually
happened, or is the road cambre poor along that section.

unfortunately the driver dies, it said it toppled over coming off the slip road.



http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0513/rta.html


A man has died in a road crash on the M50 in Dublin.
He was the driver of a lorry which overturned close to Dublin Airport this morning.
A crane is being used to move the overturned truck and the new slip road coming off the M50 northbound onto the M1/M50 Interchange remains blocked.
AA Roadwatch is advising motorists on the M50 northbound, headed towards the Port tunnel or Drumcondra, to use the old M1/M50 R/A (the N32 roundabout).
Gardaí are also asking motorists to use the old N32 roundabout to go to the City Centr

Davy

I thought he might have survived as the truck fell on the left side. It was lying on top of the crash barrier when i saw it

HPT

Davy wrote: »

I thought he might have survived as the truck fell on the left side. It was lying on top of the crash barrier when i saw it

Makes you wonder if he was wearing a seat belt...

murphaph

Could have been a lhd truck, pretty common to see lhd tractor units pulling "irish" trailers tbh. Poor fella.

Am I correct in saying that he was heading from the M50 clockwise towards the port tunnel? I was looking at the aerial pics last week and the curve is quite severe, BUT I presume they have 30km/h advisory limits like on the sharp N7(E)-M50(S) movement? He was likely just driving too fast for the curve tbh. Still an awful thing to go to work and never come home.

Bluetonic

HPT wrote: »

Makes you wonder if he was wearing a seat belt...

Maybe he died before the accident, thereafter causing the accident.

Moonbeam

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lorry-driver-killed-in-m50-crash-2179341.html

I head about it and mistakingly took it for -http://www.independent.ie/national-news/joyriding-teen-in-hospital-after-stolen-truck-overturns-2177974.html

Davy

murphaph wrote: »

Am I correct in saying that he was heading from the M50 clockwise towards the port tunnel? I was looking at the aerial pics last week and the curve is quite severe, BUT I presume they have 30km/h advisory limits like on the sharp N7(E)-M50(S) movement? He was likely just driving too fast for the curve tbh. Still an awful thing to go to work and never come home.

Ye thats where it was, about 20 meters shy of the bridge over the n32 carriageway

Bluetonic wrote: »

Maybe he died before the accident, thereafter causing the accident.

I was thinking that, but he was only 27 so less chance

truckershooker

Davy wrote: »

Did anyone see the artic on its side this morning. Was a very strange sight to see. Anyone hear what actually
happened, or is the road cambre poor along that section.

My hubby is a truck driver and is away at the moment, was telling him about this and first thing he said was the cambre on that stretch is very bad and he must have come over on the passenger side. At that stage I hadnt seen the pictures had just heard it on the news and also happened to be driving up towards M50 exit in Ballymun and had various garda vans and cars blasting past me (obviously enroute to the scene) at about 6.20am.

AlekSmart

My hubby is a truck driver and is away at the moment, was telling him about this and first thing he said was the camber on that stretch is very bad and he must have come over on the passenger side

Indeed Truckershooker there is something not-quite-right about this location.

However,I`d be fairly confident that you will read and hear far more about Truck Drivers hours,rest periods and stuff like the imminent introduction of the 48Hr Working Time Directive for self-employed Truck Drivers.

The fixation which the Powers that Be have for regulating Drivers is not at all matched by their interest in other serious aspects of the professional drivers working day.

The new Motorway network around Moone Co Kildare is equally fraught with accident debris,enough accidents to have merited a "Study",the results of which are being withheld from the public who use the thing.....

RIP to that unfortunate driver and condolences to his family.

Seanieke

There's another 18 wheeler sitting on it's wingmirror on the M7/M50 southbound slip now... Those turns are way to sharp....

seamus

Seanieke wrote: »

There's another 18 wheeler sitting on it's wingmirror on the M7/M50 southbound slip now... Those turns are way to sharp....

Or some drivers are just incapable of driving their vehicles at an appropriate speed.

Thousands of other trucks manage to take these turns without issue.

Dravokivich

A lot can be said of the driver. But there is also a possiblity that the truck itself could be a factor, such as what condition it was in.

There are plenty of signs posted before and around those turns stating a limit of 30 KM/H. For this very reason.

hardCopy

seamus wrote: »

Or some drivers are just incapable of driving their vehicles at an appropriate speed.

Thousands of other trucks manage to take these turns without issue.

In my experience the trucks seem to be the most compliant around those roller-coasters, so many drivers absolutely trolley around them.

ballooba

hardCopy wrote: »

In my experience the trucks seem to be the most compliant around those roller-coasters, so many drivers absolutely trolley around them.

Until you see them on the verge scratching their heads with the cars at funny angles to the carriageway, bent and broken surrounded by loose gravel.