Fatal car crash today, pics & video circulating

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 24-01-2019 05:20PM

Very relieved that I’m only connected to decent, empathetic people on Whatsapp. I know none of them would share anything like that.

GBX · 24-01-2019 05:21PM

TheDoc wrote: »

None.

As I mentioned in my post, there is generally mass whatsapp hysteria around rape cases or serious crimes that already take place and nothing much comes of it.

Like, you probably already know the one going on at present if you are in anyway active in whatsapp groups.

Yeah, I've received them as well. Which include the mention of names, pics etc. Nothing is off limits anymore on Whatsapp.

...__... · 24-01-2019 05:22PM

seen this earlier someone in the office was sent it I just hope it turns out to be fake.

Foweva Awone · 24-01-2019 05:22PM

Thankfully I haven't received it - if I did, I think I'd have to block whoever sent it on to me. What's wrong with people?!

Bigbagofcans · 24-01-2019 05:23PM

ZiabR wrote: »

I wasn't aware of the accident but the content popped up in a whatsapp group. Shocking stuff. Disgraceful that someone would reach for their phone to record such a horrible accident. May the deceased rest in peace.

Disgraceful that people would forward on that video causing stress to other people and risking the victim's family seeing it too.

McCrack · 24-01-2019 05:26PM

I just seen a video clip of the accident and victim

It's sad - it should not of been shared - however I do hope that people that have seen it are reminded of the vulnerabilities on our roads and perhaps change driver behaviours - if anything good can come of this

Paul_Mc1988 · 24-01-2019 05:27PM

Not the worst I have seen in some whatsapp groups by a long shot. Terrible for the family that this video is going around but this is the world we live in and nothing is going to change that.

Bigbagofcans · 24-01-2019 05:31PM

Paul_Mc1988 wrote: »

Not the worst I have seen in some whatsapp groups by a long shot. Terrible for the family that this video is going around but this is the world we live in and nothing is going to change that.

Repercussions for those who take these kind of videos should change it.

Hurrache · 24-01-2019 05:33PM

Paul_Mc1988 wrote: »

Not the worst I have seen in some whatsapp groups by a long shot. Terrible for the family that this video is going around but this is the world we live in and nothing is going to change that.

It's not the world I live in.

Seems to be a few people trying to outdo each other as to what they've seen on WhatsApp too. Sure yer all deadly.

LollipopJimmy · 24-01-2019 05:33PM

It was the same when the chap jumped from a balcony in Stephens Green SC, he was surrounded by people capturing video

EarlyStorms · 24-01-2019 05:33PM

I heard about the incident but I'm glad I'm not in any whatsapp groups with people who would spread this type of content.

retro:electro · 24-01-2019 05:35PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

It was the same when the chap jumped from a balcony in Stephens Green SC, he was surrounded by people capturing video

Imagine jumping to your death and the last image you see as you lay dying is people around you filming you. You’d swiftly close your eyes and realise you made the right decision

Paul_Mc1988 · 24-01-2019 05:35PM

Bigbagofcans wrote:

Repercussions for those who take these kind of videos should change it.

WhatsApp groups are peer to peer encrypted so it would be almost impossible to track back. If the person is dumb enough to post on social media then thats another story.

Then you come into other legal hinderences so it would be very hard to invoke and police.

yourdeadwright · 24-01-2019 05:36PM

McCrack wrote: »

I just seen a video clip of the accident and victim

It's sad - it should not of been shared - however I do hope that people that have seen it are reminded of the vulnerabilities on our roads and perhaps change driver behaviours - if anything good can come of this

I have heard the victim was a diabetic and had a drop in blood sugar that would have cause him to basically pass out at the wheel ,

Not sure how they would know that ,

God bless his family and shame on anyone who passes on the pictures , Surely as humans we need to show more tact in these situations .

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 24-01-2019 05:37PM

Last year I was standing at a bus stop on Parnell Square West. No traffic was coming up from Parnell Street and news filtered up that a cyclist had been knocked off his bike on the part of Parnell Street that joins O’Connell Street to Parnell Square West. We were told to expect big delays. I waited a few minutes then decided to use the time to get some groceries from the Tesco beside Kingfisher on Parnell Street. I hurried past the accident scene which luckily wasn’t too close to where I was passing so I didn’t see anything.

But I noted whilst passing that there was a bank of gawpers standing there at the corner of Parnell Street and Parnell Square watching the rescue. When I came out of Tesco maybe twenty minutes later, I noted with disgust that some of the SAME people I had seen when passing by twenty minutes earlier were still there watching proceedings.

Some people treat things like this as entertainment. Did those people feel a shred of shame for standing there, treating somebody else’s misfortune as entertainment? I doubt it.

I’ve had the misfortune of having to be taken away in an ambulance after collapsing on a busy street about a decade ago. I was pretty out of it from the pain I was experiencing but I still remember feeling annoyance at the slack-jawed yokels who were standing there watching me being loaded into the ambulance. What were they hoping to see?

Sam Quentin · 24-01-2019 05:37PM

Unfortunately some poor soul will receive that video not realising or even worse recognising it's a family member.
Guarantee,.such is the momentum and speed of the circulation of such graphic content.

andekwarhola · 24-01-2019 05:40PM

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Unfortunately some poor soul will receive that video not realising or even worse recognising it's a family member.
Guarantee,.such is the momentum and speed of the circulation of such graphic content.

That's an absolutely horrific (and not wholly unlikely) outcome that I hadn't considered. Jaysus.

el Fenomeno · 24-01-2019 05:41PM

Not something I would be at all interested in viewing, but for those who have - would you be able to make out or recognise the person from what's being circulated?

Not that it makes it any better, but I certainly hope not.

Homer · 24-01-2019 05:42PM

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Unfortunately some poor soul will receive that video not realising or even worse recognising it's a family member.
Guarantee,.such is the momentum and speed of the circulation of such graphic content.

You would definitely not recognise any individual from the photo/video or even the make or model of car. Its not a nice thing to be forwarding around on social media/whatsapp but if you haven't seen it then relax...

How Soon Is Now · 24-01-2019 05:45PM

Seen a picture and video i assume its the same thing body part on the road / car ?

jayo26 · 24-01-2019 05:46PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Very relieved that I’m only connected to decent, empathetic people on Whatsapp. I know none of them would share anything like that.

Yeah same here I'm in WhatsApp group that really good clean fun you would never see anything like this in it they a great bunch of people.

Wibbs · 24-01-2019 05:47PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I was pretty out of it from the pain I was experiencing but I still remember feeling annoyance at the slack-jawed yokels who were standing there watching me being loaded into the ambulance. What were they hoping to see?

The majority of people ODB tend to freeze in traumatic situations or when they see traumatic situations and all too often as a way of coping they just stand around gawping. It's a mental distraction deflection thing. I'd suspect phones are ideal as that and if they start taking pics or a video it's akin to a wall of sorts between them and the trauma. It makes it less real. I've found in such situations in public it's the elderly of all people who tend to approach to help.

Ally Dick · 24-01-2019 05:47PM

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Bigbagofcans wrote: »

Who are these heartless idiots sending on these types of videos?

Some people love getting the 'scoop' and can't help themselves

GBX · 24-01-2019 05:47PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Not something I would be at all interested in viewing, but for those who have - would you be able to make out or recognise the person from what's being circulated?

Not that it makes it any better, but I certainly hope not.

No. Its an image of a crashed car. The underside, so one would do well to figure out who it might be.

bri007 · 24-01-2019 05:48PM

I was away with work today out of the country and got it sent to me I couldn’t believe someone would send that on, I just blocked them.

Really sad for the family having people sending the picture on, sad to be honest!

Respect is all gone these days, social media and phones..........

bnt wrote: »

If someone in your social circle sends you pictures or video of the aftermath of the fatal car crash on the N2 near Finglas today, you're advised to delete them, since they are Bad. Really Bad. Darkest corners of Reddit -level Bad. I haven't seen them myself, but someone in my office was sent them, and was horrified, and some of the comments on that article tell of similar experiences.

tl:dr; People Suck. :mad:

nullzero · 24-01-2019 05:48PM

I detest any gore I receive.
Had this picture put in front of me in work and now I can't unsee it.
Humans are strange, why would you want to take a picture of that?
Someone's life has just ended suddenly and tragically, have some basic respect.

0ph0rce0 · 24-01-2019 05:50PM

Looked at the video. Not a scratch on the truck. New message going around from emergency services. Missed the turn, hit the barrier and then what happened ensued

LollipopJimmy · 24-01-2019 05:51PM

Wibbs wrote: »

I've found in such situations in public it's the elderly of all people who tend to approach to help.

So you approach to help?

blacklilly · 24-01-2019 05:54PM

I've just heard some of my colleagues talk about this. I'm horrified that anyone would think it appropriate to take this picture never mind circulate it.

If a friend of mine sent me the picture I would honestly question their frame of mind. I hope those of you who have been sent it have questioned the sender and made them aware just how fu*ked up it is to do this.

We all complain about receiving inappropriate messages but are we actually pulling our friends up on it?

RIP to the victim and their family, I sincerely hope they do not see these pictures/videos

dhaughton99 · 24-01-2019 05:54PM

nullzero wrote: »

I detest any gore I receive.
Had this picture put in front of me in work and now I can't unsee it.
Humans are strange, why would you want to take a picture of that?
Someone's life has just ended suddenly and tragically, have some basic respect.

If it was someone at work who showed you, go straight to HR. You shouldn’t have to put up with that crap.

Fatal car crash today, pics & video circulating

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