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GARDAÍ IN IRISHTOWN are appealing for witnesses following a serious traffic incident on Northumberland Road in Ballsbridge last night.
The crash involving a car and a Dublin Bus vehicle took place on the junction with Haddington Road at around 10.45pm.
A total of eight people were taken from the scene by ambulance to St Vincent’s University Hospital, including both occupants of the car.
Two of the Dublin Bus passengers – both male – are understood to be in a serious condition.
Gardaí said that as one of the vehicles had come to the attention of gardaí prior to the incident, An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) has been notified.
Units from the Dublin Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service personnel assisted gardaí at the scene.
The area is preserved for technical examination. The junction is currently closed to traffic and diversions are expected to remain in place for most of the day.
Any witnesses to the incident are urged to come forward. Gardaí are particularly keen on speaking to anyone with camera footage – including dash cam – who can make that footage available to them.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Irishtown Garda Station on 01 666 9600, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
In a statement, Dublin Bus said: “Dublin Bus confirms that an incident occurred on Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 at approximately 22.45 last night involving a bus on Route 7 and a car. Emergency services attended the scene.
“There were four passengers on the bus at the time. The driver and passengers are attending St Vincent’s Hospital. The matter is under investigation by An Garda Síochána and Dublin Bus has also commenced an internal investigation.”
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Hope they’re all ok
@Paddy Whelan: the article says that one of the vehicles had come to the attention of the gardai…..so i hope just everyone on the bus is ok only…..no doubt the woke brigade will disagree.
@IRL77: 4 bus passengers, 1 bus driver and 2 occupants of the car. Who’s the 8th person?
@Henri Poincaré: A pedestrian maybe
@Henri Poincaré: the article in the Irish Times said that as a result of the initial collision, the bus then crashed through a garden and into a house, so house occupant maybe?
@IRL77: The woke brigade…oh dear
@DJ François: poor wokey…does it offend you.
@IRL77: it must offend you as you replied
@IRL77: Wookie Brigade ? That’s Chewy.
@Henri Poincaré: fella up the tree. Special branch he was.
@D Mems: working in Garden at 10:45 pm.. just a thought
I hope everyone that were on the bus is OK.
I wish the bus driver and passengers a happy recovery from this terrible incident. I hope the car occupants will recover and be able to help the Gardai with their investigation of all the circumstances that led to the incident.
great picture?
@Leitrim303: There is a better one in the times. Looks pretty bad. Eight people injured as bus and car collide in Dublin city https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/eight-people-injured-as-bus-and-car-collide-in-dublin-city-1.4371515?localLinksEnabled=false
@Leitrim303: a serious accident and you think it is a great picture. You need to have a good look in the mirror
@Leitrim303: it looks better if you click on it, you can see the car as well.
@Sos: thank you for this. The Irish Times actually reported on the story. Hard to tell what happed exactly by reading the Journal.
@Herby Donnelly: tabloid rag
@Sos: your right cheers for the link
@Paul Harney: Good one!
@Herby Donnelly: A picture is worth a thousand words, but it depends what is in the picture and that one in the Journal is not really providing much information.
Other countries have banned high speed police chases because of the risk to others- we have had several deaths this year and more seriously injured fesulting from high speed chances- are they worth it?
@ChronicAnxiety: saw that on blue bloods the other night lol
@Sinéad O’Brien: not the funniest topic really Sinead, why the lol?
@ChronicAnxiety: hmmm what if someone snatches child and all they have to do is run a few lights and they can get away? I can be 101% sure they people that caused it were criminals and of its a case the police have to back down its a license for crime.
@Tom Ripley: And the child is killed in a high speed crash- is it worth it?
@ChronicAnxiety: What a load of BS, If some criminal breaks the law and then drives a car at high speed no one should go after them? Absolute nonsense.
@ChronicAnxiety: the article only says that the car had come to Gardai attention, it doesn’t say a high speed chase was in progress. Is that being reported elsewhere, or are you simply making an assumption to push your point?
@ChronicAnxiety: you can’t let criminals get away just because they jump in a car. There is rules in place for this too in Ireland, that’s why the Garda ombudsman is investigating, its a balance between catching the criminals and safety of the public.
@D Mems: GSOC are involved. That suggests that Gardai had some involvement in events that led up to the incident.
@DK: Yea the judges do that.
@ChronicAnxiety: How would a ban on high speed chases make roads safer ? All it does is tell car thieves etc that if they drive like lunatics they can’t get caught.
@ChronicAnxiety: The gardaí will call off a pursuit if it endangers the public. No deaths this year have been due to the actions of gardaí.
@Tommy Roche: doesn’t mean they were being chased, though. If the car went through a checkpoint, or failed to stop for a garda, then that’s garda involvement.
@Joe Bloggs: do GSOC get involved if a car doesn’t stop at a checkpoint ? I think you’re being a bit naive. The car that overturned must have been travelling fast for it to flip over like that.
@Alan: If the car subsequently crashes, GSOC does get involved; they are legally obliged to investigate crashes where there was, or had recently been, garda involvement with the vehicle. If the car went through a checkpoint without stopping, and gardaí then gave the registration of the car out over the radio, then that’s an interaction. The car was definitely going at speed, but you’ve no way of knowing that this was due to garda involvement; they could have been driving dangerously prior to being seen by the gardaí, or continued to drive dangerously after a pursuit was called off.
@Alan: I think its a misconception that big speeds are required to flip a car over
@ChronicAnxiety: who says child would be killed in pursuit? But what if car is let go and child is then murdered. Can do this all day
@Tom Ripley: Yep, you could have exceptions for terrorists child kidnaps etc. Where they have been banned lives have been saved – I dont think the potential of a criminal escaping is worth a life of an innocent bystander.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/102180147/police-pursuits-how-new-zealand-compares-with-australia
@ChronicAnxiety: I don’t get what you mean terrorists and child kidnappers? How do you know who is a terrorist or child kidnapper. Excuse me sir would you mind just a tad pulling over and answering this questionnaire on your motivation before we decide to pursue you.
Don’t know what cloud you’re on but feel it must be a meth one
I’d say who ever was in the top front seats is in a bad way!
@Rory Jermyn: how did the front top of the bus end up like that? Surely the tree wouldnt have done that damage? Must have been frightening.
@Dearbhla O Reilly: it went through the side of a building and bounced back
@Dearbhla O Reilly: The large boughs of the tree would have hit the roof/front of the bus first, so the damage/injuries to the front of the top deck would have been the worst. Besides the large tree, the bus took out a full-size lamp-post and well as the traffic light pole (look at the junction on Google Street View).
Ban driving
Its causing more fatalities than Covid
Looked at the times, there it states that the two occupants of the car are in serious condition, here it states it’s two passangers on the bus who are in serious condition, does that mean that there are actually four in serious condition?
I normally struggle with maths, but bus driver + all four passengers + both occupants in the car (=7) taken to hospital. So who was 8th injured party taken in ambulance? Pedestrian?
Wishing all a full recovery.
@Tom Bomb: Maybe a mystery conductor.
House with a lot of history that
the owner of the house said “get out a dat garden”
@michael macken:
That house, no 25, actually played a major role in the 1916 rising. Housed Republican snipers during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge.
@southside: wounded from that area were traditionally taken to 32 Northumberland road
@michael macken: very compassionate of you to joke about such a terrible crash
Article says eight people in hospital.
The bus driver.
Two in the car.
Four passengers.
Who is the other? Was there a pedestrian?
Was that the collision between the Garda car and the bus.
There is a video doing the rounds on WhatsApp, it wasn’t exactly a hard collision.
@Michael Clinton: no, clearly it’s not the same crash
@Declan Edward:
Well it’s quite obvious now alright but the picture shown earlier wasn’t so.
Hopefully the injured make a full recovery.
Is there a reason there are no seat belts on public transport? Genuine question. I know that seat belts were brought in after a serious school bus crash some years ago.
South Dublin crèche
Please god the driver and passengers will be OK
Is there a reason why there are no seatbelts on public transport? Picture from Irish times looks serious. Genuine question
@Michelle Duignan: Double decker buses and any bus designed for standing passengers does not require seat belts. And the speed of the bus is restricted to 60kph.
Jesus christ hope bus driver is ok
Nasty hope everyone makes a full recovery
Was the car flying or something?
Is there a reason why there are no seat belts on public transport? I know they brought seat belts on school buses after a bad crash some years ago. Picture from Irish times looks serious. Genuine question
Is there a reason why there are no seatbelts on public transport? Pic from Irish times looks serious. Genuine question
@Michelle Duignan: I swear I don’t know of any reason. I swear.
I object to that wording: ‘an incident’ and ‘had come to the attention of gardaí prior to the incident’! It’s a crash clearly caused by a garda high-speed chase through the streets of the City centre, so why not say so! Were they joyriders or minor strokers? Can’t imagine they were terrorists or murderers giving cause to this action, and incidentally the high-speed presence of gardai vehicles on Thomas street is completely NIL tonight, whereas it’s been ninety every night for weeks!
Fess up!
Hopefully everyone makes a full recovery.
It’s been a very dangerous junction for years. Michael Malone was killed at this location.
https://stairnaheireann.net/2016/04/26/1916-easter-rising-the-battle-of-mount-street-bridge-3/
This more bonkers! It is well known that Double-decker buses are always driven in a reckless manner, ramming innocent cars with gurriers- so why the secrecy about which vehicle came to the attention of Gardaí?
This is bonkers! It is well known that Double-decker buses are always driven in a reckless manner, ramming innocent cars with gurriers- so why the secrecy about which vehicle came under suspicion????
This is bonkers! It is well known that Double-decker buses are always driven in a reckless manner, ramming innocent cars with gurriers- so why the secrecy about which vehicle came under suspicion? Stop hedging and call it as it was.
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