Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

Pyr0 · 16-09-2009 03:19PM #1

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 ?

admiralofthefleet · 16-09-2009 03:20PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:21PM

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

Fajitas! · 16-09-2009 03:21PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:22PM

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

Anyone got a better webcam?

L31mr0d · 16-09-2009 03:23PM

Search Twitter for Luas Crash

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

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

Stark · 16-09-2009 03:25PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:26PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:26PM

bus drivers faut i supose ?

Neamhshuntasach · 16-09-2009 03:26PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:26PM

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

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

L31mr0d · 16-09-2009 03:28PM

http://twitpic.com/hxkzr

http://twitpic.com/hxkzy

http://twitpic.com/hxl0j

Aidric · 16-09-2009 03:28PM

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

CreepingDeath · 16-09-2009 03:28PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:28PM

Never would have happened had Dublin Bus not been privatised.

Oh, wait...

Pj! · 16-09-2009 03:29PM

Is there not a Dublin forum?

Stark · 16-09-2009 03:30PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:31PM

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

L31mr0d · 16-09-2009 03:32PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:33PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:37PM

just hope no-one seriously hurt or worse

Nichololas · 16-09-2009 03:37PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:38PM

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

L31mr0d · 16-09-2009 03:39PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:39PM

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

stepbar · 16-09-2009 03:39PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:39PM

on rte news at the mo

Carsinian Thau · 16-09-2009 03:39PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:42PM

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 · 16-09-2009 03:44PM

Forky wrote: »

Is there not a Dublin forum?

This is it apparently,

stovelid · 16-09-2009 03:44PM

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.

Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

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