Man pushed under Dublin Bus and decapitated

dd972

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gardai-hunt-for-pair-after-man-dies-under-dublin-bus-3318302.html

This is mad sh*t, glad I didn't witness it, think the Indo should have spared the gory details though, what about the family / friends of the victim

Larianne

The poor man. How awful. RIP.

And how awful for the people to witness that.

My name is URL

That's awful. Condolences to those that knew him.

Independent being as classy as ever. They said on RTE that the body is still at the scene which is more than enough detail. Sounds like a horrible incident.

Ghandee

Read that earlier, poor fella.

Just yesterday some other poor man was pushed in front of a train in New York too.:eek:


Oh, and in before someone insinuates it was a 'junkie'/scumbag etc.... Does it matter?

brummytom

Jesus.

RIP. Now how long before the usual brigade call for the death penalty? They may have wanted to seriously hurt him, but shoving someone and them ending up in that sort of state can't be want they intended.

Carroller16

Ye this caused chaos in town traffic wise.

I would have been at the scene at about the time it happened if I wasn't delayed leaving work.

dd972

just guessing that it may have been junkie types fighting among themselves as the most likely scenario, apparently there was some altercation prior to the incident, certainly hope it wasn't a tourist

micar

poor guy. RIP

yermandan

Jayzis. RIP

eire-kp

Poor bus driver.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Yeah I heard this earlier. People still complaining why the traffic was so bad.....


What a way to go, poor guy. R.I.P

Larianne

That street is mental busy at the time it occurred - the path is usually packed with people waiting at bus stops and rushing home. There's also a lot of students along there with the occasional junkie looking for money. The buses fly down that road, all the Xpresso buses go down that way at that time. A simple shove out onto the road or a trip could have been all it took.

Jake Rugby Walrus666

I call for the Death Penalty.

WindSock

Jesus that's horrific

Traffic does seem to tear through that area for some reason though.

markad1

eire-kp wrote: »

Poor bus driver.

+1 and also anyone who seen it.

Death and Taxes

dd972 wrote: »

just guessing that it may have been junkie types fighting among themselves as the most likely scenario, apparently there was some altercation prior to the incident, certainly hope it wasn't a tourist

Disgusting post!
Would be ok if it was a tourist who was also a "Junkie"?

Neewbie_noob

Larianne wrote: »

The poor man. How awful. RIP.

And how awful for the people to witness that.

I'd spare a thought for the poor driver too.

Lady Chatterton

The poor man nobody should die like that.

Condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. My thoughts are also with the bus driver and the people who witnessed this incident, it must have been pretty horrific for them

Zombienosh

surely there are loads of witnesses and it shouldn't really be much of a "hunt" for the pair that did it?

Larianne

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

I'd spare a thought for the poor driver too.

Well yeah - bus driver, passengers on the bus, people on the footpath... Anyone who witnessed it..

westendgirlie

RIP

My thoughts are also with the driver and anyone else who witnessed this tragic event.

My name is URL

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Disgusting post!
Would be ok if it was a tourist who was also a "Junkie"?

That's AH lately. For all the talk of scumbags there's a fair amount of them posting these days.

Hurricane Carter

Zombienosh wrote: »

surely there are loads of witnesses and it shouldn't really be much of a "hunt" for the pair that did it?

We're talking about the Gardai here...who, by the way, are 'treating it as suspicious.'

tiny_penguin

I walked past this earlier today before they had a chance to properly seal the area - saw him covered by a piece of cardboard. I am shaken up enough and I literally just glanced before looking away as quickly as possible. I can only imagine that poor bus driver and anyone who witnessed it happen are going through. The independent should not have released so much detail so soon!

Larianne

Larianne wrote: »

That street is mental busy at the time it occurred - the path is usually packed with people waiting at bus stops and rushing home. There's also a lot of students along there with the occasional junkie looking for money. The buses fly down that road, all the Xpresso buses go down that way at that time. A simple shove out onto the road or a trip could have been all it took.

That whole area within about 3 or 4 junctions is a disaster.

Mental Mickey

Jake Rugby Walrus666 wrote: »

I call for the Death Penalty.

WTF

kingtiger

was walking from work today down Dawson St at that time

didn't see the incident but saw far to much of the poor guy lying under the bus, going to to take a while to get over the shock of what I saw

WindSock

People taking pictures at the scene apparently. Ffs, what are they going to do...put them on Facebook and Twitter.

dd972

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Disgusting post!
Would be ok if it was a tourist who was also a "Junkie"?

was only hazarding a guess at what could have happened, certainly don't grade any human beings life as more or less valuable if that was the way it came across.

Monty Burnz

Ghandee wrote: »

Read that earlier, poor fella.

Just yesterday shine other poor man was pushed in front of a train in New York too.:eek:


Oh, and in before someone insinuates it was a 'junkie'/scumbag etc.... Does it matter?

It was more likely that the guys doing the pushing were junkies/scumbags to be honest. I wonder will these guys be facing murder charges like the Chinese fella, or just affray or whatever it was that those D4 lads were charged with for kicking Brian Murphy to death outside Annabel's a few years ago?

Red Hand

Larianne wrote: »

That street is mental busy at the time it occurred - the path is usually packed with people waiting at bus stops and rushing home. There's also a lot of students along there with the occasional junkie looking for money. The buses fly down that road, all the Xpresso buses go down that way at that time. A simple shove out onto the road or a trip could have been all it took.

Yeah, I've always thought that that is the one junction in the city where a pedestrian could very easily get knocked down as the traffic zooms passed at a ferocious rate.

Terrible thing to happen.

WindSock

WindSock wrote: »

People taking pictures at the scene apparently. Ffs, what are they going to do...put them on Facebook and Twitter.

I was afraid to click this til I remembered pics can't be posted on this forum. If anyone posts it on Facebook and it comes up on my feed they'll regret it.

Clarehobo

I Am Kong! wrote: »

We're talking about the Gardai here...who, by the way, are 'treating it as suspicious.'

Well, they can't come out and say it was murder if they are unsure: everything is 'treated as suspicious' until they can confirm one way or another. Gardai are not omniscient: they will have to investigate and gather statements and evidence.
Even the independant article states

he was apparently pushed under a double decker

... No one knows for sure.

Larianne

WindSock wrote: »

People taking pictures at the scene apparently. Ffs, what are they going to do...put them on Facebook and Twitter.

Dafuq??

Disgusting.

Carroller16

This area is a disaster at rush hour. I get the 46A at Dawson Street most evenings and it is chaos. There does be people jams on the footpath with people waiting at bus stops, people getting off buses and people trying to navigate their way up the street.

Further to this there is about 25 different bus routes trying to stop at 2 stops, so you can see where the congestion is coming from.

Wind Sock is right though, traffic does seem to tear down Dawson St for some reason.

Wonder whats gonna happen with it when the street is closed for the Luas link up. They will probably make Kildare Street 2-way causing even more chaos.

RIP to the deceased and my thoughts are with anybody who had to witness this.

Edit: Just remembered a couple of weeks ago I was on a 145 coming into town and a guy with earphones in was looking the complete opposite way to the traffic literally directly across the road from where this incident happened. He stepped out onto the road oblivious to the oncoming traffic and missed the 145 by literally inches. My toes curled up witnessing that one.

My name is URL

Monty Burnz wrote: »

It was more likely that the guys doing the pushing were junkies/scumbags to be honest. I wonder will these guys be facing murder charges like the Chinese fella, or just affray or whatever it was that those D4 lads were charged with for kicking Brian Murphy to death outside Annabel's a few years ago?

You're such a monotonous prick. Are you going to use Brian Murphy's murder as your own political football for all of December? Grow up ffs... that's what; 3 threads where you've mentioned the above tonight?

wyndham

Is Nassau St 30km or 50km speed limit?

spurious

Regardless of who was involved in the barney, if it actually was as a result of a fight, I doubt they meant for the poor man to be killed. Horrific story for all involved.

WindSock

Reading it might have been 2 homeless men fighting over a spot. There is a spot there just beside the Spar / Kilkenny Shop where they normally sit.

jack presley

wyndham wrote: »

Is Nassau St 30km or 50km speed limit?

30kmph

girl in the striped socks

Monty Burnz wrote: »

It was more likely that the guys doing the pushing were junkies/scumbags to be honest. I wonder will these guys be facing murder charges like the Chinese fella, or just affray or whatever it was that those D4 lads were charged with for kicking Brian Murphy to death outside Annabel's a few years ago?

Is that all that's bothering you? Bringing up a case that happened years ago that has no relevance whatsoever to the incident this evening.
Whoever is lying under that sheet could still be warm & all you have to question is what charges will be brought? I mean ffs...

Strawberry Fields

A conviction for murder requires an intention to kill or cause serious injury, a punch gone wrong would probably be manslaughter.

Witchie

Heard this on the news earlier but reading the Indo's report there just made me so sad. RIP and feel so sorry for anyone who witnessed it and the poor bus driver. :-(

Mod

Quit the speculation on whether the man was a junkie or a tourist. It's irrelevant.

kowloon

WindSock wrote: »

People taking pictures at the scene apparently. Ffs, what are they going to do...put them on Facebook and Twitter.

I find that fcuking revolting.

Ledger

B*stards.

Whether they meant to push him under the bus or not is irrelevant. The point is they were on the side of a horrendously busy and dangerous street and decided to push him.

They must accept the consequences of their actions.


RIP to the man and condolences to his family and friends.

jack presley

kowloon wrote: »

I find that fcuking revolting.

There was a thread on here a while back about someone saying they were at a funeral and people were taking pictures and putting them on facebook etc. There's a lot of morons out there and places like facebook are places to show yourself as one.

Laneyh

dd972 wrote: »

just guessing that it may have been junkie types fighting among themselves as the most likely scenario, apparently there was some altercation prior to the incident, certainly hope it wasn't a tourist

Why jump to conclusions then? We don't know any details really except a poor unfortunate man has died in quite horrible circumstances

At least they managed to cordon off the scene and hopefully no photos will surface.

On a side note are we becoming a bit obsessed by tourists? Are people that live here just supposed to run the gauntlet every day? It's sad that anyone would die

Monty Burnz

My name is URL wrote: »

You're such a monotonous prick. Are you going to use Brian Murphy's murder as your own political football for all of December? Grow up ffs... that's what; 3 threads where you've mentioned the above tonight?

What??

The charges people face for causing violent death seems to be rather topical at the moment. I mentioned that case twice.

I've no idea why you have thrown your toys out of the pram, but I suggest you get out for a breath of air or something.

Edit: By the way, the way you are trolling my posts looking for a chance to leap down my throat suggests you should do us both a favour and just put me on ignore. It may help you deal with this odd obsession.

Monty Burnz

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Is that all that's bothering you? Bringing up a case that happened years ago that has no relevance whatsoever to the incident this evening.
Whoever is lying under that sheet could still be warm & all you have to question is what charges will be brought? I mean ffs...

No, it's not all that's bothering me. But why don't you just assume that for the purposes of having a rant at someone to make you feel better about a horrible event outside your control?

People are f*cking strange.