Car jacker killed in Dublin crash mod note first post: read before posting

Reformed Character · 08-06-2014 1:06pm #1

A man in his 20s has died following the hijacking of a taxi in the south inner city of Dublin.
The car was forcibly taken from its driver by two men this morning.
The taxi driver was assaulted before being forced out of his car in the Oliver Bond area at about 8.30am.
The taxi later crashed into a pole in the James's Street area and narrowly avoided an oncoming vehicle.
One of the men, a passenger in the car, was taken to St James's Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0608/622342-dublin-crash/

I wonder will this deter others from carjacking?

Deleted User wrote: »

Mod

Hey guys, I know this is a very emotive topic and empathy for the deceased is quite rightly at a minimum, however as he is not the one reading this can we please just hold back a little and bear some amount of thought for his family who are effectively innocent.

Like I said, I know it's emotive and it's not the man himself who is deserving of empathy, but his family haven't committed any crime.

Thanks for your understanding.

pablomakaveli · 08-06-2014 1:06pm

The word karma comes to mind.

Gran Hermano · 08-06-2014 1:07pm

My thoughts are with the pole on James' St.

emo72 · 08-06-2014 1:07pm

They'll only stop if there is severe consequences.

coolisin · 08-06-2014 1:09pm

The guy will have being the life and soul of the party.
How dare the people online pick on such a great fella. He was a great son/nephew/brother/uncle/dad.
Have you guys never made a mistake.

I'm heading over to troll the journal.ie

Foxhound38 · 08-06-2014 1:09pm

Good - more oxygen for the rest of us. Feel bad for the taxi man's inconvenience though, and the damaged pole on Jame's street.

Agent Coulson · 08-06-2014 1:10pm

No reset here like in GTA.

stevedublin · 08-06-2014 1:11pm

emo72 wrote: »

They'll only stop if there is severe consequences.

Death isn't severe enough?

Lone Stone · 08-06-2014 1:12pm

Good news about car jackings finally then !
WTf is up with all these car jacking s lately its weird.

aidoh · 08-06-2014 1:13pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

No reset here like in GTO.

:cool:

Foxhound38 · 08-06-2014 1:14pm

stevedublin wrote: »

Death isn't severe enough?

Doesn't happen regularly enough to deter these utter scumbags from interfering with other people's property.

I'm thinking a phone app that allows the driver to detonate his or her car in explosive and violent fashion remotely should they fall victim to this would do the trick :pac:

Dravokivich · 08-06-2014 1:14pm

These people dont think that far ahead and wont consider it as a risk until it happens around them to a friend or family.

Agent Coulson · 08-06-2014 1:14pm

aidoh wrote: »

:cool:

reset :P

yr one · 08-06-2014 1:14pm

Similar to the lads that robbed a taxi months ago at knife point, then crashed on the quays.. Pure stupidity. Sad that people are dying, but on the other hand, they robbed a taxi driver, so I have no sympathy for them at all, they asked for it, one less leech on society

Bandara · 08-06-2014 1:15pm

Hope he died screaming

furiousox · 08-06-2014 1:15pm

One less carjacker in the world?
Yaaaay!!
(probably very good to his mum though, no angel, heart of gold etc)

foggy_lad · 08-06-2014 1:16pm

Gran Hermano wrote: »

My thoughts are with the pole on James' St.

My thoughts are with that unfortunate taxi driver whose livelihood has been destroyed by those evil bastards. Read about the death in an article in the journal a while ago and it didn't mention any carjacking, delighted one of them died instead of a decent human being.

emo72 · 08-06-2014 1:17pm

stevedublin wrote: »

Death isn't severe enough?

Just glad they didn't injure someone else.

jaykay74 · 08-06-2014 1:18pm

Reformed Character wrote: »

The car was forcibly taken from its driver by two men this morning.
The taxi driver was assaulted before being forced out of his car in the Oliver Bond area at about 8.30am.

I hope the taxi driver is okay. I guess insurance will cover the damage to his car. Hopefully he is able to get back to work soon if he is not too shaken up about it. Might be tough for him though.

Un Croissant · 08-06-2014 1:18pm

Couldn't have a met a nicer fella. Pity about the lack of facilities in the locality.

wexie · 08-06-2014 1:18pm

seems there might be a new market for these

Idbatterim · 08-06-2014 1:20pm

how many previous convictions? :rolleyes:

MRnotlob606 · 08-06-2014 1:21pm

scum

Moneymaker · 08-06-2014 1:21pm

Some of the replies here are borderline sociopath.

It's hard to feel any sympathy for the carjackers yes, but some of the comments are way OTT.

At the end of the day it's still someones son, someone's brother, maybe someones father.

furiousox · 08-06-2014 1:23pm

Moneymaker wrote: »

Some of the replies here are borderline sociopath.

It's hard to feel any sympathy for the carjackers yes, but some of the comments are way OTT.

At the end of the day it's still someones son, someone's brother, maybe someones father.

And now he'll never harm someones son, brother or father again.

jaykay74 · 08-06-2014 1:24pm

Moneymaker wrote: »

Some of the replies here are borderline sociopath.

It's hard to feel any sympathy for the carjackers yes, but some of the comments are way OTT.

At the end of the day it's still someones son, someone's brother, maybe someones father.

I think its fortunate he didn't take an innocent bystander with him. All in all a lucky escape for anyone in the vicinity. Lucky outcome.

dub45 · 08-06-2014 1:25pm

It didn't happen in James Street. So much for news sources getting basic facts correct.

Moneymaker · 08-06-2014 1:26pm

furiousox wrote: »

And now he'll never harm someones son, brother or father again.

Of course. I agree with you. But it seems some people here are downright delighted at the outcome.

Just a bit OTT to me.

Moomat · 08-06-2014 1:26pm

Lone Stone wrote: »

Good news about car jackings finally then !
WTf is up with all these car jacking s lately its weird.

I'm sure as long as there has been cars they've been getting jacked, nothing new really just more widely reported and shared.
I remember years ago along the canal there was a phase of throwing a vicious pitbull type dog in your car while you were stopped at traffic lights.

obi604 · 08-06-2014 1:28pm

Hope the other good for nothing dies too. Sounds harsh but I mean it.

Doolittle51 · 08-06-2014 1:28pm

Such a sad story. The ending would be much happier if both of the evil scumbags died.

pablomakaveli · 08-06-2014 1:29pm

Moneymaker wrote: »

Some of the replies here are borderline sociopath.

It's hard to feel any sympathy for the carjackers yes, but some of the comments are way OTT.

At the end of the day it's still someones son, someone's brother, maybe someones father.

Did you read the article? They robbed and assaulted a taxi driver robbing him of the vehicle he needs to work. And to top it off they narrowly avoided hitting another innocent motorist who could have been injured or killed if they did.

So **** those guys. They showed no concern for others, i've no concern for them.

coolisin · 08-06-2014 1:30pm

Moneymaker wrote: »

Some of the replies here are borderline sociopath.

It's hard to feel any sympathy for the carjackers yes, but some of the comments are way OTT.

At the end of the day it's still someones son, someone's brother, maybe someones father.

Your correct, its very sad for the family and maybe a few friends.
If he was my mate id be distancing myself from him pretty quickly.

I was recently a victim of crime and I can tell you that the f**kers deserve no sympathy for the inconsiderate behaviour. As all the sh1t going on in my life.

Did they give a f**k about the taxi driver or the fact that he can earn no money for a few days. Or the fact his head is probably going to be messed up for a little while. Did they F**K!

Oh and do you think they thought of their family when they nicked the car this morning. Did they F**K!
Selfish twats.

A little less sympathy and a little more lets stand together to these sh1te bags and these wa*kerish behaviour and maybe they'll disappear.
But no lets keep giving them a free go at commiting another crime!

foggy_lad · 08-06-2014 1:30pm

dub45 wrote: »

It didn't happen in James Street. So much for news sources getting basic facts correct.

Did it not happen around mount brown a more residential area?

Yellowblackbird · 08-06-2014 1:30pm

Moneymaker wrote: »

At the end of the day it's still someones son,

What if he was a test-tube baby?

08-06-2014 1:31pm

Mod

Hey guys, I know this is a very emotive topic and empathy for the deceased is quite rightly at a minimum, however as he is not the one reading this can we please just hold back a little and bear some amount of thought for his family who are effectively innocent.

Like I said, I know it's emotive and it's not the man himself who is deserving of empathy, but his family haven't committed any crime.

Thanks for your understanding.

Moneymaker · 08-06-2014 1:31pm

Fair enough. I'm just such a forgiving soul. :pac:

If it was my taxi i'd probably be doing cartwheels that one of them died.

K.Flyer · 08-06-2014 1:32pm

Moneymaker wrote: »

.....
At the end of the day it's still someones son, someone's brother, maybe someones father.

Unfortunately, that does not make him any better a person.

Nekarsulm · 08-06-2014 1:33pm

Un Croissant wrote: »

Couldn't have a met a nicer fella. Pity about the lack of facilities in the locality.

And no doubt the old line "talented and promising sportsman,, played for local team etc." Will be trotted out.
The number of promising sportsmen who get shot or killed is astonishing. There should be a health warning about being good at sport.

PizzamanIRL · 08-06-2014 1:41pm

Why rob a car if you don't know how to drive it properly?

mad muffin · 08-06-2014 1:48pm

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4163/l6aa.jpg

08-06-2014 1:54pm

Thats it, i'm moving to South Africa !!

P_1 · 08-06-2014 2:02pm

Sorry for the family and the taxi driver, not feeling much sympathy for the deceased though, something about one's expectations whilst partaking in pyro related recreation.

Ardent · 08-06-2014 2:02pm

Senseless waste of life

davycc · 08-06-2014 2:04pm

maybe karma does exist after all?---please jubus prove me right and have the skanger driver die too and hopefully in a load of pain:D.

the only person i feel sorry for here is the poor taximan:(

trancemuzic · 08-06-2014 2:10pm

Another waste of a life

Thank god nobody else was injured and hopefully the taxi driver will be back to work soon

I don't really understand the comment's on here , there will always be young guys like this that are growing up surrounded by crime and there will always be lads that will make stupid decisions and steal cars like these lads did today

I don't think if they end up dead that it should be a cause for celebration ,

We would all love to live in a country where crimes never happen and everybody respects one another, but that will never be the case , society they way it is means that this kind of thing will always happen eventually

We should all just hope that when it does happen we are lucky enough that it is not our own son or daughter that has died

all parents want to have kids that make the right decision's, but statistically some kids will always make the wrong one ,like the lad that stole the taxi . I just hope that when my son is old enough and getting out into the world that he will be lucky enough to stay away from stuff like this and always make the right decisions

spurious · 08-06-2014 2:13pm

Presumably the driver will be done for manslaughter (at a minimum) since the death of the passenger occurred during the committing of a crime.

Hootanany · 08-06-2014 2:14pm

Ireland is Lawless

wexie · 08-06-2014 2:15pm

trancemuzic wrote: »

all parents want to have kids that make the right decision's, but statistically some kids will always make the wrong one

There seems to be somewhat of a dichotomy as to what are the right decisions though, some parents seem to think that would be to get a job, stay on the right side of the law and become a useful part of society, others simply to not get caught

Davei141 · 08-06-2014 2:16pm

trancemuzic wrote: »

Another waste of a life

Thank god nobody else was injured and hopefully the taxi driver will be back to work soon

I don't really understand the comment's on here , there will always be young guys like this that are growing up surrounded by crime and there will always be lads that will make stupid decisions and steal cars like these lads did today

I don't think if they end up dead that it should be a cause for celebration ,

We would all love to live in a country where crimes never happen and everybody respects one another, but that will never be the case , society they way it is means that this kind of thing will always happen eventually

We should all just hope that when it does happen we are lucky enough that it is not our own son or daughter that has died

all parents want to have kids that make the right decision's, but statistically some kids will always make the wrong one ,like the lad that stole the taxi . I just hope that when my son is old enough and getting out into the world that he will be lucky enough to stay away from stuff like this and always make the right decisions

The fact they didn't seriously injure/kill anyone but themselves is a cause for celebration you are damn right. They had no respect for anyone else's lives why should people have respect for theirs?

tritium · 08-06-2014 2:17pm

What a tragic waste...

Poles are expensive to repair you know!

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