Serious crash on N17

happyoutish

Serious crash on N17 between bus and car/van. Near Caherhugh turn off!

Please be careful out there guys and gals!!!

Hope everyone is ok.

ErnieBert

Two people died in that crash according to RTE.ie

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1107/rta.html

RIP

happyoutish

RIP!! so sad!

inisboffin

RIP

kardarie

As far as i have heard it was the Van and Bus driver that were killed. And about 12 taken to hospital. RIP. Everyone be careful on the roads tonight.

galwayrush

2 more unnecessary deaths on our roads. RIP and thoughts to their families.

UpTheSlashers

Was it a public passenger bus?

cats.life

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Was it a public passenger bus?

hope it wasnt a GObus, cos i know one of the drivers. two familys never the same again. RIP ,

happyoutish

galwayrush wrote: »

2 more unnecessary deaths on our roads. RIP and thoughts to their families.

+1

Two families lives have changed forever.

I hope all the injured recover and the death count doesn't go up!

mink_man

It was the Corduff college bus, going to limerick. Would know a few who would be on that bus.

Sponge Bob

N17 closed, will probably be closed in the morning .

mink_man

Sponge Bob wrote: »

N17 closed, will probably be closed in the morning .

true, won't be open until later in the day.

dollybird2

Terrible accident. The Corduff bus had approx 27 passengers onboard, none of them injured seriously, driver is dead. Driver of van dead also. Travelled this road at 7pm and it was horrific to drive in this weather but plenty of drivers who didn't seem aware of it with their rush and speed and tailgating.

If you are travelling anywhere please be careful.
RIP to the deceased

RIP to those deceased.

Xiney

Terrible

My sincere condolences to their families and I hope the injured passengers of the bus make a speedy and complete recovery.




Remember to stay off the roads in bad weather if you can... looks like this winter is going to be a doozy again.

The rest of us can stay home (I decided against heading up to Sligo today actually... quite glad that I didn't go now) but the bus driver, and possibly the driver of the van, didn't really have much choice in the matter I wager.

Mars Bar

mink_man wrote: »

It was the Corduff college bus, going to limerick. Would know a few who would be on that bus.

I was on the bus. 2 seats behind the driver. I have a massive bump on my head, black eye and golf balls on my knees! I'd take my injuries 20 times over to have our bus driver back.
He was a wonderful man, so full of life and a great character.

No one was seriously injured and those of us checked in were discharged again.

RIP to both men.

JupiterKid

Really sorry to hear of your ordeal being involved in the accident.:( RIP to your bus driver and the driver of the van.

2 questions - wee these seatbelts on the bus for passengers and was the weather bad at the time - ie the rain?

Mars Bar

JupiterKid wrote: »

Really sorry to hear of your ordeal being involved in the accident.:( RIP to your bus driver and the driver of the van.

2 questions - wee these seatbelts on the bus for passengers and was the weather bad at the time - ie the rain?

I dunno if I should be giving out too much info. until all of it is released to the families.

Can I get a mods say on it first?

Xiney

I'm not a mod here but I'd say your instincts are right.

You've probably suffered quite a shock... it might be good to talk to people but maybe a face to face conversation would be better.

Mars Bar

Xiney wrote: »

I'm not a mod here but I'd say your instincts are right.

You've probably suffered quite a shock... it might be good to talk to people but maybe a face to face conversation would be better.

I was lucky in the sense that I was just outside my home town so my parents were on the scene in no time to comfort me. A lot of the other students were from Mayo and North of Mayo so some felt the need to continue on to Limerick when they were checked out. I dunno how they managed it. I'm at home now and have had a good chat with my Mam but I don't want to go to sleep now...

Could be a long night...

dollybird2

Sorry to hear of your ordeal Mars Bar.
The rain was bad at the time of accident nearby (i was in vicinity) and visibility was poor. You are right to wait before deciding whether to impart info or not - you are likely to be in shock now. Hope all passengers are feeling ok after the ordeal.

inisboffin

Mind yourself and go easy Mars Bar. Glad you are safe.

ronnie3585

Glad to hear that you are okay mars bars, must have been a horrible ordeal.

Das Kitty

Glad you're OK mars bar, take care of yourself.

hondasam

RIP to the two men who have died and best wishes and get well soon to those who were hurt and to all the passengers on the bus.

biko

mars bar wrote: »

I dunno if I should be giving out too much info. until all of it is released to the families.

Can I get a mods say on it first?

At the moment, please only disclose what can be found in the papers/online papers.

Glad you're ok, I'm so sorry for the loss of life at this collision, RIP.

Sherifu

Must have been scary mars bar. Glad you're (mostly ) ok.

RIP.

Fey!

So sad to hear of yet another loss of life on our roads. Condolances to those families involved.

Glad to hear that you're physically OK, Mars Bar, and that the loss of life wasn't greater.

Asmodean

God that must have been terrifying. Rip to the driver. From what you have said I gather that he will be greatly missed.

Mars Bar

Asmodean wrote: »

God that must have been terrifying. Rip to the driver. From what you have said I gather that he will be greatly missed.

He'll be missed hugely. He always did his job with a smile on his face. He made sure that I was sorted for my bus on Friday as I hadn't taken that particular bus before. He asked when I got on on Sunday did I get the bus okay and he seemed happy that I was happy.
He always let me off near my house and sometimes at my driveway even, he was just that kind of guy.

toadfly

Terrible accident, RIP and condolances to both families.

Glad you are ok(ish) mars bar.

cats.life

i know the sister of the van driver, she does speach and drama at our school, we all got a txt this moring telling us that there be no speach and drama today cos of the ladys brother, im gutted for them all but even more when i know her well, i dont know her family just herself at school.

Lumi

It's good to hear that you're relatively OK Mars Bar.
What a truly dreadful experience for all concerned, especially for the families and friends of those poor men who died.

Bummer1234

One of my friends was on the following bus and told me about it

Glad to hear your ok mars bar and fair play for coming on here and tellin us after your ordeal.

Was driving down at around the same time on the headford road..Driving conditions whre terrible at that time.

RIP and condolances to both families.

ScumLord

My sister was on the bus too, pretty pissed off that no one let me know and I had to find out about it on boards of all places. But she's fine and that's the main thing, she was brought into hospital as a precaution.

Mars Bar

Just after finding out that the van driver was a nephew of a close family friend.

From bad to worse.

Mr Velo

mars bar wrote: »

Just after finding out that the van driver was a nephew of a close family friend.

From bad to worse.

Sorry to hear that MarsBar.
Glad that you are ok and that the loss of life was minimal - could have been so much worse. Scant consolation to the loved ones of the deceased of course.

RIP.

mink_man

...can't even make the van out.

hondasam

I think we should refrain from speculating about what may have or did happen. Im sure it will be made public after the investigation.

magentas

I know the van drivers dad, he is an absolute gentleman a very placid man whom I often enjoy a chat with.

heartbreaking to think what the families of these men are going through:(