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I don't think I have speculated about fat people.
I see nothing wrong with speculating about it being a heart attack as a number of news outlets have made similar speculation. |
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It's probably in her contract that she won't go further than the Watford Gap this close to Xmas. I had really hoped they were going to send her to Australia to hang about outside the home where those children died the other day. At least then she would have been stuck on a plane for a few days and unable to irritate us.
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Have they? Fair enough. Goodness it really must be me then. There's a good chance I have taken your posts out of context as I was reading thread and taking in the news...reacting from an emotional rather than logical viewpoint. I do do that sometimes. Sorry.
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Have they? Fair enough. Goodness it really must be me then. There's a good chance I have taken your posts out of context as I was reading thread and taking in the news...reacting from an emotional rather than logical viewpoint. I do do that sometimes. Sorry.
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I work right next to George square. Absolutely awful
We heard loads of sirens but our window looks on the side so when we looked, there was nothing to see. Horrified to discover what happened. The people of this city have not had the best end to this year or last year with the helicopter crash. So sad. Thoughts go out to anyone affected x
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dose anyone know what happened to the baby in tha buggy.did he/she survive
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Anything that makes people a danger to others.
My list would be huge to be honest. Thousands die on our streets and roads because of unsuitable drivers causing accidents. |
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my heart goes out to all the ones involed
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Van driven into shoppers in France #http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro...e=news_central
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I work in the industry and I find it staggering that the driver may well have been alone, if employed by the Council, which the images seem to show.
Normal practice is to have at leat 2 or maybe 3 opertives in the cabin, particularly collecting in such a huge and busy urban environment. These operatives are there to ensure that that the driver can reverse and park safely to adhere standard protocol and protect the public. It is very sad day when a 28 tonne vehicle travels 300 metres down a pavement at speeds of up to 60 mph. The public would have stood no chance. RIP to those affected. |
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Van driven into shoppers in France #http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro...e=news_central
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I work in the industry and I find it staggering that the driver may well have been alone, if employed by the Council, which the images seem to show.
Normal practice is to have at leat 2 or maybe 3 opertives in the cabin, particularly collecting in such a huge and busy urban environment. These operatives are there to ensure that that the driver can reverse and park safely to adhere standard protocol and protect the public. It is very sad day when a 28 tonne vehicle travels 300 metres down a pavement at speeds of up to 60 mph. The public would have stood no chance. RIP to those affected. |
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Do you have links to support this statement? You do realise that not all overweight people suffer heart attacks, by any means.
http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/08/...-car-accident/ http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255196.php https://www.gov.uk/government/collec...ety-statistics |
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I work in the industry and I find it staggering that the driver may well have been alone, if employed by the Council, which the images seem to show.
Normal practice is to have at leat 2 or maybe 3 opertives in the cabin, particularly collecting in such a huge and busy urban environment. These operatives are there to ensure that that the driver can reverse and park safely to adhere standard protocol and protect the public. |
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Reading this thread, one might be excused for imagining this was some kind of terrorist act, and that it would have been so much better if it hadn't have happened so near to Christmas. The relatives are not likely to give a stuff about the date.
The likelihood is that this is one of many similar events that happen all the time up and down the country, most of which end without serious injury. Tragically, this a was in a very busy street. It is a tragedy for all involved anyway, but it makes it all the more poignant at Christmas and harder for families to cope with - you feel you are under pressure to carry on if there are children in the family as you can't cancel Christmas when there are youngsters involved. |
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I work in the industry and I find it staggering that the driver may well have been alone, if employed by the Council, which the images seem to show.
Normal practice is to have at leat 2 or maybe 3 opertives in the cabin, particularly collecting in such a huge and busy urban environment. These operatives are there to ensure that that the driver can reverse and park safely to adhere standard protocol and protect the public. It is very sad day when a 28 tonne vehicle travels 300 metres down a pavement at speeds of up to 60 mph. The public would have stood no chance. RIP to those affected. He wasn't alone My heart goes out tonight to all the families and the good people of Glasgow Such a sad sad time for so many just now |
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Condolences to the individuals killed and families involved.
My niece was there - how close I'm not sure. I expect lots of people had family shopping near the area. My mum phoned her earlier to check she was okay but we are waiting on her coming round before getting her story on whether she saw anything. She was also staying next to Kings Cross during 7/7 so she has a nasty habit of being near bad events. Hard to speculate at this point. Heart attack sounds rational though but we must wait and see. I know George Sq well (I think) and saw a quick picture on the news of the crashed vehicle. It seems a very odd place. When the event was explained to me I assumed an out of control vehicle had plowed down the street with the Strathclyde Uni union as that is a very steep hill and had then went across the clearing with the statue and the ice rink (sometimes). This looked more as if it came from the other direction unless it swerved into a giant turn. It's probably a good thing it wasn't my scenario as the casualties might have been a lot higher. Actually thinking about it now - the street I mention which is a giant hill is used by masses of buses from Buchanan Street station. If a bus driver ever took a heart attack you'd be talking massive casualties because you'd have the passengers and then the scenario that you'd be travelling head on down a steep hill with ahead of you lots of families at whatever funfair or ice rink is in George Square at the time. And then there's the size of the bus. I think George Square might need to rethink it's design a bit. |
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Condolences to the individuals killed and families involved.
My niece was there - how close I'm not sure. I expect lots of people had family shopping near the area. My mum phoned her earlier to check she was okay but we are waiting on her coming round before getting her story on whether she saw anything. She was also staying next to Kings Cross during 7/7 so she has a nasty habit of being near bad events. Hard to speculate at this point. Heart attack sounds rational though but we must wait and see. I know George Sq well (I think) and saw a quick picture on the news of the crashed vehicle. It seems a very odd place. When the event was explained to me I assumed an out of control vehicle had plowed down the street with the Strathclyde Uni union as that is a very steep hill and had then went across the clearing with the statue and the ice rink (sometimes). This looked more as if it came from the other direction unless it swerved into a giant turn. It's probably a good thing it wasn't my scenario as the casualties might have been a lot higher. Actually thinking about it now - the street I mention which is a giant hill is used by masses of buses from Buchanan Street station. If a bus driver ever took a heart attack you'd be talking massive casualties because you'd have the passengers and then the scenario that you'd be travelling head on down a steep hill with ahead of you lots of families at whatever funfair or ice rink is in George Square at the time. And then there's the size of the bus. I think George Square might need to rethink it's design a bit. |
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Actually I do think it makes a difference it being close to Christmas. I lost my dad just before Christmas when I was a child and there were Christmas cards arriving with his name on them, I'd bought him presents which I didn't know what to do with and he wasn't able to be cremated until the new year.
It is a tragedy for all involved anyway, but it makes it all the more poignant at Christmas and harder for families to cope with - you feel you are under pressure to carry on if there are children in the family as you can't cancel Christmas when there are youngsters involved. Even last xmas my partner's Nana died of cancer in a hospice on Dec 19th, christmas week was consumed by grieving family and a funeral that had to take place on New Years Eve of all days! thankfully me and the boyfriend had a few days away booked in Edinburgh and went up there after the funeral and have the memory of celebratting her memory in style
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Its very lucky it didn't hit one of the pillars under the hotel!
I wonder how many people were in the car it crushed?I read this before Glasgow City Council offered to turn off the Christmas Lights in George Square as a mark of respect but police requested they be kept on to assist with their inquiry. How would leaving the lights on help them with their inquiry?
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Its very lucky it didn't hit one of the pillars under the hotel!
I wonder how many people were in the car it crushed?I read this before Glasgow City Council offered to turn off the Christmas Lights in George Square as a mark of respect but police requested they be kept on to assist with their inquiry. How would leaving the lights on help them with their inquiry? ![]() |
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Its very lucky it didn't hit one of the pillars under the hotel!
I wonder how many people were in the car it crushed?I read this before Glasgow City Council offered to turn off the Christmas Lights in George Square as a mark of respect but police requested they be kept on to assist with their inquiry. How would leaving the lights on help them with their inquiry? ![]() |
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Its very lucky it didn't hit one of the pillars under the hotel!
I wonder how many people were in the car it crushed?I read this before Glasgow City Council offered to turn off the Christmas Lights in George Square as a mark of respect but police requested they be kept on to assist with their inquiry. How would leaving the lights on help them with their inquiry? ![]() |
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Nowhere is safe anymore day or night.
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Strathclyde Uni's Union is about two blocks East of George square.
It matters not anyway - my point was about how dangerous that particular street (North Hannover) could be due to the combination of very steep hill and lots of people at the bottom and that it's probably not the best street to have buses on. And I wasn't even directly referencing this event as I don't know whether that played a part. Just thinking that the particular road I mentioned (union or unionless) seems like a bad place to have a bus route - if we are talking about general safety of George Sq (and if ever people should think about general safety then it's in the aftermath of incidents like this). |
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I wonder how many people were in the car it crushed?