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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

Mr. Razzcocks wrote: »

Heard from a source that 3 people have died!

what is your source?

zynaps

renraw wrote: »

I dont think the people on the bus or luas are laughing. And to the jokers that see the opportunity to crack jokes, god forbid there's no family or relations of yours on board

Actually I'm sure they're trying to have a laugh and make the best of the situation with a bit of quality mood-improving humour. Let's not get all po-faced on that account. If I was stuck in there I'd be having a joke with the other passengers - can't think of anything better to do really, until escape is possible/safe.

When life gives you lemons, make cake, right?

hobochris

renraw wrote: »

I dont think the people on the bus or luas are laughing. And to the jokers that see the opportunity to crack jokes, god forbid there's no family or relations of yours on board

Your point, as valid as it maybe, is flawed!

The flaw being this is after hours...

AAAAAAAHHH

I heard from a source that 17 people have died and the spire has exploded.

The Big Red Button

Whatever chance the bus/LUAS passengers have, I really hope there were no pedestrians or cyclists on the road where the LUAS was apparantly dragged along by the bus

Helix

renraw wrote: »

god forbid there's no family or relations of yours on board

thats a bit harsh isnt it, hoping his family are on it

Mr. Razzcocks

Mr. Razzcocks wrote: »

http://i32.tinypic.com/2qut17o.jpg

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

what is your source?

Confirmed by a Dublin Bus worker apparently!

jaykay74

1/ tragic event occurs
2/ must think up humorous comment, must think up humorous comment
3/ fck it
4/ mumble mumble brian cowen
5/ sit back and wait for acclaim

:rolleyes:

Sparky29

Mr. Razzcocks wrote: »

Heard from a source that 3 people have died!

Carlcarlson :roll:

patrickc

other sites saying that the Luas driver broke the signal, although I did think this means that the Luas stops automatically, once it goes through a red as such, perhaps it took that long to stop

[Deleted User]

15 people taken to hospital and one person still trapped according to rte news

stovelid

Why don't we all calm down with the deaths and sources stuff until it's confirmed properly.

Boards is one of the biggest forums in the country and unsubstantiated stuff here will be flying straight off here and on to twitter and email.

hobochris

I know taking out a granny is 60 points but what does the Luas driver get for an entire bus? :pac:

Mr. Razzcocks

Sparky29 wrote: »

Carlcarlson :roll:

:smug:

ibarelycare

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

I heard from a source that 17 people have died and the spire has exploded.

1 post, 3 years...quality!

indough

jaykay74 wrote: »

1/ tragic event occurs
2/ must think up humorous comment, must think up humorous comment
3/ fck it
4/ mumble mumble brian cowen
5/ sit back and wait for acclaim

:rolleyes:

you left out a couple, for example:

'you wouldnt like it if people made jokes about blah blah bla' (even though if anyone actually cared about that no jokes would ever get made)

also

'i heard from a friend of a friend of someone whod knows cousin that 300 people died'

Riskymove

patrickc wrote: »

other sites saying that the Luas driver broke the signal, although I did think this means that the Luas stops automatically, once it goes through a red as such, perhaps it took that long to stop

dont think so

I had an experince a few weeks back when the light for me went green and just as I started to move through junction a Luas came trundling through, never stopped automatically or otherwise

Ciaran500

Government stage Luas crash to defelect attention from NAMA.

From twitter

Kipperhell

dudara wrote: »

You've got to be joking right! The luas is the one piece of infrastructure that works (and works well) in this city.

Anyway - leave your moaning aside, if someone has died in this collision, this is not the time for this argument.

Well as it may be the cause of a death I would hold judgement on how well it works. It will be pretty relevant if it turns out the safety of the design comes into question.

Over budget, flawed track, flawed ticket system more expensive than other proposals that most likely have worked better and cheaper. Just because something works doesn't make it the best

stepbar

Mr.S wrote: »

from the pics, it doesn't make sense that the bus broke the red light, because surley the luas driver would have seen this and put on the breaks, and they stop the thing fairly quickly! plus the luas wouldn't have been going fast at that stage..

I'd say it was the bus driving through just as it turned red, and the luas driver wasn't paying attention to stop in time.

It certainly looks like that, as it looks like the tram caught the end of the bus, pushed it out a bit and slid along the side of the bus due to forward momentum. And in fairness the tram should have been going at a fairly slow speed. It looks like the driver of the luas didn't look to his right. I could be wrong.

Turd Ferguson

I dont know about any fatalities, but the luas driver definatly deserves a flawless victory

budgemook

anyone know how this will affect aircoach from dawson street to airport?

stepbar

Pretty cool - RTE have a feed from DCC online

http://www.rte.ie/live/

netwhizkid

Why didn't the tram driver just swerve out of the way?

Mr. Razzcocks

Just a publicity stunt for the new series of Off The Rails isnt it!

stepbar

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Government stage Luas crash to defelect attention from NAMA.

From twitter

O no, it's a scene from The Truman Show :eek:

ibarelycare

stepbar wrote: »

Pretty cool - RTE have a feed from DCC online

http://www.rte.ie/live/

Doesn't seem to be working at the moment though?

Sharlovesjohn

budgemook wrote: »

anyone know how this will affect aircoach from dawson street to airport?

check out dublin bus their just driving around oconnell st for most of the routes

eirebhoy

I was in O'Connell st just after it and the word around there is 4 people dead but nothing known for sure yet.

Neamhshuntasach

Just as well the CSI exhibit is only down the road. They'll have this wrapped up before sunset.