School Bus Accident

Han · Dec 11, 2009

A school bus has crashed into the bridge between Waterloo Way & Lancaster Street (Road?). The bus was carrying around 40 children (thought to be Primary School age).

Hope they're ok.

Avoid the area if you can.

Nottingham Fox · Dec 11, 2009

Nathan said:
A school bus has crashed into the bridge between Waterloo Way & Lancaster Street (Road?). The bus was carrying around 40 children (thought to be Primary School age).

Hope they're ok.

Avoid the area if you can.

Primary school children from Nottingham.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/n...bus-crash/article-1599241-detail/article.html

Harbro-Fox · Dec 11, 2009

Only cuts and bruises to the children which is a relieve.

Kingy_85 · Dec 11, 2009

Is that your Borat impression harbs?

Poor kids, stupid bus driver !

Macky · Dec 11, 2009

Kingy_85 said:
Is that your Borat impression harbs?

Poor kids, stupid bus driver !

That's more than a little bit harsh isn't it?

Personally, I'm glad that nobody was killed and my sympathy goes out to the passengers, the driver and anybody else that might be affected.

Jeff · Dec 11, 2009

Macky said:
That's more than a little bit harsh isn't it?

Not really, anyone who drives a double decker bus should be intelligent enough to know that you have to pay attention to things like the height limits for bridges. This one obviously didn't.

Macky · Dec 11, 2009

Jeff said:
Not really, anyone who drives a double decker bus should be intelligent enough to know that you have to pay attention to things like the height limits for bridges. This one obviously didn't.

The thick fog may have clouded his judgement

Jeff · Dec 11, 2009

Macky said:
The thick fog may have clouded his judgement

I'm pretty sure the fog wasn't thick enough to stop the bridge being visible. If it was he should have been crawling along and the bus wouldn't have been damaged as much as the picture shows.

Han · Dec 11, 2009

He was heading up Waterloo way, before turning right up Lancaster Street. The turn there is pretty tight for a big bus so he can't have been going very quickly at all. The fog was pretty thick this morning, but there is only about 10 metres between the junction and the bridge. Not sure how he didn't spot it.

Regardless of who was at fault i can't imagine what would have been going through the driver's head when he realised what had happened.

Macky · Dec 11, 2009

Nathan said:
Regardless of who was at fault i can't imagine what would have been going through the driver's head when he realised what had happened.

Thankfully, it wasn't part of the bridge

Hazzman · Dec 11, 2009

I assume being from Notts, the driver only had a basic knowledge of the road because for getting to New Walk Museum, he'd took the wrong turn but still heaven knows why he went for it....when approaching the bridge.

Nottingham Fox · Dec 11, 2009

The bus driver was from Notts, and was 24 years old.... quite young for a bus driver?? A couple of the reports I have read seem to suggest the fog was that thick, he just didn't see the bridge.

GazLCFC · Dec 12, 2009

I work within 50 metres of the bridge and went passed at 8.45 and although it was misty it was easy to see a good distance. Once I heard about the incident at about 11.15, I could easily see the area from the office window.

From the junction to the bridge is about a distance of 15 metres. I find it difficult to belive that the fog was that thick that the driver couldn't see a bridge with a height sign and that is painted from that distance.

Just thankful that the kids were all physically ok (except for bleeding etc). Although many may more mental injuries.

Lako42 · Dec 12, 2009

Does this thread qualify for for the 'most amount of OTT responses' award?

No child died, there were no major injuries and a bloke made a mistake, calm the **** down.

bocadillo · Dec 12, 2009

Lako42 said:
Does this thread qualify for for the 'most amount of OTT responses' award?

I wouldn't have thought so. In fact it's hard to find an OTT response. Have you read them properly? How many do you feel are OTT?

Lako42 · Dec 12, 2009

bocadillo said:
I wouldn't have thought so. In fact it's hard to find an OTT response. Have you read them properly? How many do you feel are OTT?

The ones suggesting he is not as good a bus driver as others because he is from Nottingham?

bocadillo · Dec 12, 2009

Lako42 said:
The ones suggesting he is not as good a bus driver as others because he is from Nottingham?

One post?

Boy Genius · Dec 12, 2009

but............ nothing has been mentioned about if they enjoyed the museum.

Hazzman · Dec 12, 2009

Lako42 said:
The ones suggesting he is not as good a bus driver as others because he is from Nottingham?

I didn't say as good as bus driver, I suggested that being from Nottingham, he probably didn't know the roads of Leicester that well. New Walk Museum for coaches, you use Regent Road, so why he was going under that bridge....

Motown Fox · Dec 12, 2009

Hazzman said:
I didn't say as good as bus driver, I suggested that being from Nottingham, he probably didn't know the roads of Leicester that well. New Walk Museum for coaches, you use Regent Road, so why he was going under that bridge....

perhaps the SatNav sent him that way

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