Road Deaths..
11 people were killed on our roads in 7 separate accidents since yesterday morning .. its crazy!
Yesterday 3 teenagers died on their way home from Oxygen as their car hit an articulated lorry
A man in his wheelchair was killed when crossing the road in Finglas
Two men died in separate accidents in Co. Clare, and another man in Co. Cork
A nine year old girl and a man in his 20’s were killed in separate accidents in Co. Longford
Three people from the same family - a father, mother and their only child from Co. Galway were killed yesterday evening
216 people have met their death on our raods so far this year.. so many more people injured.. and so many families grieving..
posted by Connie @ 11:35 p.m.
2 Comments:
Part of the problem is that the public are asked or expected to feel the same for all those who died. While it is understandable that the family and friends will feel devastated no matter what the circumstances, I don't think the rest of us should. We need to start thinking in a more discerning manner about the deaths. Firstly, they aren't all accidents. The Gardai no longer refer to them as accidents as in many cases the people didn't do anything accidental. 'Sorry, St. Peter, I was doing 90kph in a 50 kph zones and hit a wall. It was an accident.'
Yes, we have bad roads and yes there are often other factors in many crashes but the largest single number of deaths are caused not by drink but by 'driver error'. Error in the sense of the driver choosing to do something that lead to their deaths, not a mistake like hitting the accelerator when they meant to hit the brake.
If I hear of a single car death in the early hours of the morning, I don't feel sorry for them. I feel angry at them, and so should we all.
From today's Irish times. The last line is what makes it so annoying.
Crash victim appeared to be racing, inquest told
Anne Lucey in Killarney
An inquest into a 22-year-old driver on the Ring of Kerry yesterday heard how the man appeared to be in a race with another car when a head-on collision occurred with a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
John O'Sullivan, a carpenter from Mountfoley, Kells, died from his injuries at Aghatubrid on the main Ring of Kerry road while travelling towards Waterville from Cahersiveen on the afternoon of February 5th, 2006. The weather was dry and the roads quiet at the time, the inquest heard.
The charred remains of Mr O'Sullivan's body were removed from the car, a red Toyota Corolla, which had been burned out.
However, a postmortem revealed he died from his injuries, not from the burning, the inquest heard. His girlfriend, Caitriona Moriarty, in her deposition said they had passed the car of Craig Quirke (22) parked at the Coláiste na Sceilge school on the outskirts of Cahersiveen. At a straight stretch of road at Ohermong, Craig Quirke passed them out in his vehicle.
She and Mr O'Sullivan proceeded in their car until they came on another straight stretch of road. At about 3.30pm John O'Sullivan went to pass out Craig Quirke, both vehicles were going quickly but she couldn't tell at what speed. At one stage during the passing-out manoeuvre they were halfway past Craig Quirke but the passing out was never completed.
She heard her boyfriend saying "Oh, my God" and then he braked hard. She sustained very serious injuries in the crash.
Tony McGillicuddy, Spunkane, Waterville, was travelling with his girlfriend, Sheila Coffey, in his silver Nissan Primera in the opposite direction from Waterville towards Cahersiveen.
On the brow of a slight hill "suddenly and without warning" he noticed two cars were coming towards him. "They appeared to be racing each other. I knew at once there was going to be a collision," Mr McGillicuddy said.
Ms Coffey, New Street, Cahersiveen, said in her statement she saw two cars coming towards them "taking up the entire road" and travelling extremely fast. The red car was on the same side as her boyfriend's.
"Tony said to me 'we are finished' as he braked. Within moments the red car impacted with us."
Mr McGillicuddy's leg was trapped in their car but he eventually managed to free himself. Shortly afterwards the red car effectively blew up.
The jury brought in a verdict of accidental death.
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