Luas/bus crash on O'Connel Street !

CreepingDeath · 16-09-2009 05:21PM

jameshayes wrote: »

why are peoples still on the luas???

It's not their stop.

Jesus Wept · 16-09-2009 05:21PM

Bonkers_xOx · 16-09-2009 05:22PM

I really hope the fatality is a rumour.

Wow this really says something about the safety of Irish transportation systems. What with this and the malahide bridge in the space of one month?!

jameshayes · 16-09-2009 05:22PM

CreepingDeath wrote: »

It's not their stop.

Ba dum dum - tishhhhh...... /tumbleweed/

ziggy23 · 16-09-2009 05:24PM

Just back from town. It looked fairly bad alright. Woman in a shop told me the driver of the bus admitted he went through a red light and the luas driver had to be cut out.

BostonB · 16-09-2009 05:25PM

I don't think it's the place for humour

Lack of enforcement of yellow boxes especially with buses needs to be tackled.

eirebhoy · 16-09-2009 05:25PM

The RTE report said the 3 seriously injured were in a 'stable' condition. They've now updated that to remove that line. Strange.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0916/luas.html

sdanseo · 16-09-2009 05:25PM

Tigger wrote: »

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No. Go away.

Fingers crossed here too for the injured - hopefully everyone got out OK. Interesting to see LUAS themselves are keeping schtum or are just plain slow: http://www.luas.ie/

The Big Red Button · 16-09-2009 05:31PM

According to the Irish Times website it was the Luas driver and two female bus passengers who were seriously injured.

Ghost Train · 16-09-2009 05:32PM

ziggy23 wrote: »

Just back from town. It looked fairly bad alright. Woman in a shop told me the driver of the bus admitted he went through a red light and the luas driver had to be cut out.

Well there were other reports it was the luas broke the lights, I'm sure there will be a full investigation

My name is URL · 16-09-2009 05:32PM

Does this mean that the taxpayer is gonna have to fork out on repairs and upgrades?

What about the innoculations for teenage girl's and their ovaries??? Damn guverment!

NervousNude · 16-09-2009 05:33PM

Dublin finally gets integrated public transport.

ziggy23 · 16-09-2009 05:35PM

Ghost Train wrote: »

Well there were other reports it was the luas broke the lights, I'm sure there will be a full investigation

That would probably make more sense it looks like the luas was goin full speed judging by how far into the bus it went. Hope everyone pulls through

Ghost Train · 16-09-2009 05:36PM

irish times says

The Luas driver and two female bus passengers are understood to have been seriously hurt in the collision and had to be cut out of the wreckage by members of Dublin Fire Brigade.

One eyewitness said the two bus passengers remained trapped on the bus from up to 45 minutes after the crash.

CreepingDeath · 16-09-2009 05:36PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Does this mean that the taxpayer is gonna have to fork out on repairs and upgrades?

What about the innoculations for teenage girl's and their ovaries???

Innoculating teenage girls isn't going to improve women drivers.

stop · 16-09-2009 05:38PM

Mr.S wrote: »

http://www.luas.ie/travel-updates.php

They've had that up since it happened...

Yeah but it should be on the front page in big letters tbh

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 16-09-2009 05:39PM

I hope they are ok

af666x · 16-09-2009 05:40PM

stop wrote: »

Yeah but it should be on the front page in big letters tbh

Considering the amount of people I'd spoken to by 3.15 who knew about it and had seen pictures, there wasn't really any need for it.

And the whole "front page + big letters" would need someone to re-design the page, or place a new page there with the announcement.

For all we know, they just have a system of inputting updates that appear in the ticker on the side of the front page.

Skyuser · 16-09-2009 05:42PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Does this mean that the taxpayer is gonna have to fork out on repairs and upgrades?

What about the innoculations for teenage girl's and their ovaries??? Damn guverment!

I presume an insurance company will pay for any damages and injuries.

stop · 16-09-2009 05:44PM

af666x wrote: »

Considering the amount of people I'd spoken to by 3.15 who knew about it and had seen pictures, there wasn't really any need for it.

And the whole "front page + big letters" would need someone to re-design the page, or place a new page there with the announcement.

For all we know, they just have a system of inputting updates that appear in the ticker on the side of the front page.

Yeah but how many knew what stop the luas was terminating in town?

In fairness changing one image on the front page shouldn't be a major ask..

Oliver1985 · 16-09-2009 05:47PM

Just heard on the news it was The driver and two female passangers on the Bus got stuck on it!! They have some junkie talking about it on tv3 news now!! And that crazy lady who sells the papers outside easons!!

af666x · 16-09-2009 05:51PM

Oliver1985 wrote: »

Just heard on the news it was The driver and two female passangers on the Bus got stuck on it!! They have some junkie talking about it on tv3 news now!! And that crazy lady who sells the papers outside easons!!

Jesus wept

Oliver1985 · 16-09-2009 05:52PM

The doors would not open for a few mins after the crash that guy they had on said they were gonna smash the windows!

af666x · 16-09-2009 05:55PM

Oliver1985 wrote: »

The doors would not open for a few mins after the crash that guy they had on said they were gonna smash the windows!

Bit of wanton destruction by a skanger.

Hey we can pass this off as heroism!!! *grabs a brick*

ronnie3585 · 16-09-2009 05:56PM

Passed it on the way home. Jaysus, some amount of rubberneckers.

mike65 · 16-09-2009 05:58PM

Even more here.

Oliver1985 · 16-09-2009 06:00PM

Brother got off at hueston around 5 and said it was crazy up there!! Hope the 3 pull through its crazy to think something like that can happen on your way home from work!!