Huge car crash today outside RTE (some pics)

Zyzz

May have heard it on the news, road was closed for hours, not sure if it has re-opened yet! I counted around 10 cars that were involved, some as you can see were affected more than others! (I haven't heard of any fatalities but Im sure something will come up later tonight/tomorrow)









(Driver in the silver Mercedes was the cause, was found not breathing when someone went to check on him)

MetzgerMeister

That blue TT belongs to someone who posts here. I remember him posting a pic when he got those alloys put on it :eek:

Hope no one lost their lives in this

BigEejit

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Thankfully it looks like the safety cell in that Yaris(or whatever it is) did its job.

I couldn't even make out what it was, yaris might be a good guess, aygo would be too small and auris would be bigger i think .... nasty looking crash, possible spine or neck problems for the Toyota driver to have the roof cut off.

ABajaninCork

Oh dear. I really hope it looks worse then it is, and that the casualty list isn't too serious...:(

spank_inferno

I reckon it's an Auris with the roof cut off.

jayok

As long as it's only cars that are smashed...

Re the Yaris/Auris or whatever, it look pretty well intact aright. I know though if there's any further risk of injury the fire brigade will take out the Jaws-Of-Life tool to lift the roof off. Normally there's paramedics and other such there as well.

renofan

Gee the Yaris looks like it got some knock. Looking at the back of it in the first pic its totally twisted. Hope the people on board are ok.

Zyzz

jayok wrote: »

As long as it's only cars that are smashed...

Re the Yaris/Auris or whatever, it look pretty well intact aright. I know though if there's any further risk of injury the fire brigade will take out the Jaws-Of-Life tool to lift the roof off. Normally there's paramedics and other such there as well.

There was a woman in that car who had pretty bad injuries I was told so they took the roof and doors off to get her out safely! (talking to 1 of the motorists who's car was hit)

(Edit: The roof/doors can be seen on the grass behind in the second picture)

jayok

Zyzz wrote: »

There was a woman in that car who had pretty bad injuries I was told so they took the roof and doors off to get her out safely! (talking to 1 of the motorists who's car was hit)

:( Oh dear.

seamus

Head-on between the Yaris and the Merc? Looks like someone crossed the median to me.

Edit: Or maybe the Yaris took the collision to the rear and was pushed into the Audi.

Zyzz

seamus wrote: »

Head-on between the Yaris and the Merc? Looks like someone crossed the median to me.

Silver Merc was in the bus lane when the driver lost consciousness and I assume it swerved and smashed into the back of the Yaris/Auris which then hit the other cars etc.

Thats all I know for now

Dartz

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/four-injured-in-pileup-near-rte-3252694.html


Seven Cars. Merc driver had a cardiac arrest.

Zyzz

Dartz wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/four-injured-in-pileup-near-rte-3252694.html


Seven Cars. Merc driver had a cardiac arrest.

Thanks for the link!

GavMan

Just one of those freak bits of bad luck, by the sounds of it

Hopefully everyone comes away okay from it

Tallon

Wow, some smash

Mycroft H

Fupping hell. I cycle past that spot every morning.

Could have happened in a worse spot, they're 2 minutes from the best hospital in the country.

Zyzz

BX 19 wrote: »

Fupping hell. I cycle past that spot every morning.

Could have happened in a worse spot, they're 2 minutes from the best hospital in the country.

I passed that spot (heading into town) around 8.30am which is when it happened so I must have just missed it :eek:

Blazer

Who took the pics just out of curiosity?

RATM

Blazer wrote: »

Who took the pics just out of curiosity?

Hopefully not rubberneckers

Zyzz

Blazer wrote: »

Who took the pics just out of curiosity?

I took them myself, I live just down the road and cycled over to have a look around 11.30am, I got some pictures and had a chat with one of the drivers involved

The road was blocked at Donnybrook church but the other end was open to pedestrians/cyclists.

(If there is unfortunate news regarding any of the drivers the pictures will be removed without question.)

Chris_Heilong

That road is a 60kmh, I sometimes pass it heading to RTE, just at nutley, but I could not believe how bad this crash appears.

Hal Decks

RATM wrote: »

Blazer wrote: »

Who took the pics just out of curiosity?

Hopefully not rubberneckers

Why not? It's a normal human reaction to be curious and to care if someone's hurt.

I love to see all these types of posts denigrating so-called rubber-neckers, as if the same people would pass on by without casting a second glance!

MadsL

Hal Decks wrote: »

Why not? It's a normal human reaction to be curious and to care if someone's hurt.

I love to see all these types of posts denigrating so-called rubber-neckers, as if the same people would pass on by without casting a second glance!

There's a big difference between a glance and slowing to 15mph and pulling out the camera phone.

cursai

Id say that guard was very appreciative of the person taking the pics. Rubbernecking to a new level. If someone did die its almost like creating a snuff movie.

Mycroft H

cursai wrote: »

Id say that guard was very appreciative of the person taking the pics. Rubbernecking to a new level. If someone did die its almost like creating a snuff movie.

Tis a public place. Anyone has the right to take photos.

Zyzz

cursai wrote: »

Id say that guard was very appreciative of the person taking the pics. Rubbernecking to a new level. If someone did die its almost like creating a snuff movie.

The pictures were taken ~3 hours after the accident happened..

I was there for less than 5 minutes and did not interfere with what they were doing. If I had been, they would have obviously said something to me or even closed off the whole area to pedestrians/cyclists..

Yawns

crash at 8:30 am and someone took pics at 11:30, yet he's a rubberneck?

Time to try troll a different thread mayhaps?

I do hope noone is too seriously injured and no loss of life. I have to go there tomorrow at about 7:30 - 8:00. Scary thought thinking imagined it could easily be one of us.

antodeco

At 8:30am I would imagine traffic was at a stand still. Merc driver booting down the bus lane (as is often the case along there)?

zil

antodeco wrote: »

At 8:30am I would imagine traffic was at a stand still. Merc driver booting down the bus lane (as is often the case along there)?

The incident occurred in the outbound lane during morning rush hour. Around that time traffic is generally only bad going into town not heading out.

coylemj

antodeco wrote: »

At 8:30am I would imagine traffic was at a stand still. Merc driver booting down the bus lane (as is often the case along there)?

Wrong, outbound N11 not all that busy at 8:30 a.m.

He might have been intending to turn left into Nutley Lane in which case I wouldn't begrudge him entering the bus lane early if there was no bus in his inside rear view mirror.

antodeco

Ah my fault, thought it was on the way into town!

Sala

I heard about this earlier as I work nearby, I figured it couldn't be bad assuming it was heading into town where everyone goes 2 miles an hour at that time; it's a pity it wasn't. God bless them, hope they are all ok.

Hal Decks

MadsL wrote: »

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There's a big difference between a glance and slowing to 15mph and pulling out the camera phone.

Who slowed to 15mph and pulled out a camera phone? Some mythical person?

MetzgerMeister

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

That blue TT belongs to someone who posts here. I remember him posting a pic when he got those alloys put on it :eek:
Hope no one lost their lives in this

That would be me! Quite a shock this morning. Still in st Vincent's looks like they will be keeping the girlfriend, who was in passenger seat, in over night to monitor a concussion.

staker

Deleted User wrote: »

That would be me! Quite a shock this morning. Still in st Vincent's looks like they will be keeping the girlfriend, who was in passenger seat, in over night to monitor a concussion.

Unlucky and lucky at the same time! Hope the OH is OK, as someone said, she's in the best hands possible!

thomashood10

10 7 cars lol, how in the hell did that happen?

If this was a case of rear end after rear end .. sigh

I mean from what it looks like at least two of the cars span out but this isn't even on a motorway. Pretty low speed road, 7 cars spinning out of control all at once seems unlikely.

edit ; Sorry to hear about your gf NixMix looks like you got side swiped by the pic, someone just rammed into your side I'm guessing?

Zyzz

Deleted User wrote: »

That would be me! Quite a shock this morning. Still in st Vincent's looks like they will be keeping the girlfriend, who was in passenger seat, in over night to monitor a concussion.

May I ask which car hit you?

Tallon

Perfectly legal and acceptable to take photos of a crash in a public place fyi!

Hal Decks

Zyzz wrote: »

....

May I ask which car hit you?

I don't see what relevance it has or what business it is of yours!

Chuck_Norris

nixmix wrote: »

That would be me! Quite a shock this morning. Still in st Vincent's looks like they will be keeping the girlfriend, who was in passenger seat, in over night to monitor a concussion.

Hope yourself and the other half are alright man.

I know I'm stating the bleedin obvious here, but it's always a nasty shock when something like that happens.

coolisin

Deleted User wrote: »

That would be me! Quite a shock this morning. Still in st Vincent's looks like they will be keeping the girlfriend, who was in passenger seat, in over night to monitor a concussion.

Glad you've walked away alright and i hope the GF is alright. Sorry about your car. Id say it was some shock.

Zyzz

Hal Decks wrote: »

I don't see what relevance it has or what business it is of yours!

Relevance? Im just asking so I can try and piece together the sequence of events, what hit what etc. It is a personal question, what is your problem?

I am not going to apologise for my curiosity, if he does not want to tell then so be it, I respect that.

Hal Decks

Zyzz wrote: »

Hal Decks wrote: »

I don't see what relevance it has or what business it is of yours!

Relevance? Im just asking so I can try and piece together the sequence of events, what hit what etc. It is a personal question, what is your problem?

I am not going to apologise for my curiosity, if he does not want to tell then so be it, I respect that.

I don't have a problem, thanks for asking.

As for your curiosity? This is a case where you really should leave the participants alone. What happened, or how it happened is of nobody's business but those directly involved.

Meirleach

Hal Decks wrote: »

As for your curiosity? This is a case where you really should leave the participants alone. What happened, or how it happened is of nobody's business but those directly involved.

And thus we will never learn anything from the accident and how to prevent or watch out for similiar occurances in the future. Although having said that, you can't really plan or learn much from a random cardiac arrest.

Syllabus

spank_inferno wrote: »

I reckon it's an Auris with the roof cut off.

its a yaris. look at the gear lever

2218219

Dartz wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/four-injured-in-pileup-near-rte-3252694.html


Seven Cars. Merc driver had a cardiac arrest.

did he really have a cardiac arrest or does the independent say that?

Zyzz

Hal Decks wrote: »

I don't have a problem, thanks for asking.

As for your curiosity? This is a case where you really should leave the participants alone. What happened, or how it happened is of nobody's business but those directly involved.

You are so naive.

2218219 wrote: »

did he really have a cardiac arrest or does the independent say that?

The gentleman I was talking to said the driver was not breathing when they checked on him immediately after the crash occurred. I was told a possible heart attack, others are saying cardiac arrest so I guess we have to wait and see what the final conclusion is

Anan1

Hal Decks wrote: »

Why not? It's a normal human reaction to be curious and to care if someone's hurt.

I love to see all these types of posts denigrating so-called rubber-neckers, as if the same people would pass on by without casting a second glance!

I drove past that accident on the opposite carriageway shortly after it happened, and a Passat in front of me in the overtaking lane jammed on the brakes for a better look. Rubbernecking may be 'normal', but it's stupid, selfish and very dangerous. I didn't realize how bad it was, probably because my attention was on my own stretch of road.

Tigger

Zyzz wrote: »

You are so naive.



The gentleman I was talking to said the driver was not breathing when they checked on him immediately after the crash occurred. I was told a possible heart attack, others are saying cardiac arrest so I guess we have to wait and see what the final conclusion is

same thing

MugMugs

This thread has brought levels of pedant, I've never seen before.

Bravo !

@nixmix - Glad you're okay, hope the missus recovers okay too!

Zyzz

MugMugs wrote: »

This thread has brought levels of pedant, I've never seen before.

Bravo !

@nixmix - Glad you're okay, hope the missus recovers okay too!

Care to explain?