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Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

Pyr0

Mate just rang me there saying a Luas just crashed into the side of a Dublin Bus on O'Connel street, front of the luas can't be seen it's that far in, section of it derailed too.

Anyone know anything else ?

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admiralofthefleet

Pyr0 wrote: »

Mate just rang me there saying a Luas just crashed into the side of a Dublin Bus on O'Connel street, front of the luas can't be seen it's that far in, section of it derailed too.

Anyone know anything else ?

i know that if you sneeze with your eyes open they can pop out!

Pyr0

Just what I heard, sent me a terrible photo. Can't see much !

Fajitas!

Just saw a photo of it there. Quite a bit of damage done I'd say, Luas came quite a bit off the tracks.

CountingCrows

http://www.camvista.com/ireland/dublin/dublin.php

Anyone got a better webcam?

L31mr0d

Search Twitter for Luas Crash

http://twitter.com/#search?q=luas%20crash

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darragh/3926211414/

Stark

No way Luas would get enough speed up there to do that much damage

Even if it did reach a good speed, the front of the Luas is designed to crumple more easily than the side of a bus.

stovelid

Any news on whether an (inspector-free) emergency shuttle bus will be provided for people who have to get up to Rialto, Bluebell and Tallaght to buy drugs?

citizen_p

bus drivers faut i supose ?

Neamhshuntasach

http://dynimg.rte.ie/0002996510dr.jpg

Image from the RTE website. Looks like there could have been lives lost if there were people at that section of the bus.

alastair

http://www.dublincity.ie/RoadsandTraffic/Traffic/Pages/TrafficCamerasMap.aspx

not much better - you can see the luas - just about.

L31mr0d

http://twitpic.com/hxkzr

http://twitpic.com/hxkzy

http://twitpic.com/hxl0j

Aidric

The people at that side of the bus would surely have come loose on impact.

CreepingDeath

CountingCrows wrote: »

No way Luas would get enough speed up there to do that much damage

Doesn't need speed. Momentum is the key in a crash, speed multipied by mass ( weight ).

A 30 tonne Luas has a lot of kenetic energy. (guess at Luas weight)

Time Magazine

Never would have happened had Dublin Bus not been privatised.

Oh, wait...

Pj!

Is there not a Dublin forum?

Stark

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

http://dynimg.rte.ie/0002996510dr.jpg

Image from the RTE website. Looks like there could have been lives lost if there were people at that section of the bus.

From the pictures, it doesn't look like that much damage was done to the bus. The front of the Luas looks thrashed but that's what's supposed to happen in case it hits a pedestrian. There might have been some injuries from people being thrown from the impact, but I'm reckoning people got away without fatalities.

The Big Red Button

RTE report says there's no report of any injuries, thankfully.

L31mr0d

Where's the luas driver

http://twitpic.com/hxjqw/full

Ah... Dublin City, a sea of "number 2" all over and ball caps :pac:

http://twitpic.com/hxjzn/full

helimachoptor

Stark wrote: »

From the pictures, it doesn't look like that much damage was done to the bus. The front of the Luas looks thrashed but that's what's supposed to happen in case it hits a pedestrian. There might have been some injuries from people being thrown from the impact, but I'm reckoning people got away without fatalities.

There's quite a difference between a Luas hitting a bus and a pedestrian!

smodgley

just hope no-one seriously hurt or worse

Nichololas

Stark wrote: »

From the pictures, it doesn't look like that much damage was done to the bus. The front of the Luas looks thrashed but that's what's supposed to happen in case it hits a pedestrian. There might have been some injuries from people being thrown from the impact, but I'm reckoning people got away without fatalities.

The LUAS is supposed to crumple if it hits a pedestrian? Wonder what would happen if it got given a roundhouse kick..

ibarelycare

Someone saying on twitter that there have been deaths...hope not

L31mr0d

http://twitpic.com/hxljd/full

Twitter is saying supposedly several people died in the crash. Wouldn't believe that though. Surely they'd of closed off the scene if anyone had been killed. I'm amazed they haven't moved back the public yet.

laoisforliam

dobbo just said there is at least one person trapped and many injuries

stepbar

I don't get it. From this picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/darragh/3926211414/ surely the Luas driver would have had plenty of time to bring his tram to a halt. It appears that end of the bus was hit first and that the forward momentum derailed the tram. And by the damage on the front of the tram it seems to have hit it full on and then slid along the side of the bus.

renraw

on rte news at the mo

Carsinian Thau

chatterpillar wrote: »

RTE report says there's no report of any injuries, thankfully.

It now says that there are injuries and that at least one person is trapped inside the Luas.

admiralofthefleet

Carsinian Thau wrote: »

It now says that there are injuries and that at least one person is trapped inside the Luas.

that is probably the driver

TestTransmission

Forky wrote: »

Is there not a Dublin forum?

This is it apparently,

stovelid

Forky wrote: »

Is there not a Dublin forum?

Too right.

I was initially confused as to whether it was an accident on the Skibbereen or Drumshambo Luas networks.