12 y.o Driver Dies in 2 am crash!

Shao Kahn · 11-02-2022 4:32pm

Poor little man. RIP

We all make mistakes in this life, especially when young and naive.

No child deserves an ending like that. :(

Muahahaha · 11-02-2022 4:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616249#Comment_118616249

yeah Ive a mate who stole his parents car at 15 and crashed it upside down into a ditch. He would have gotten away with it too bar that.

There is always a few kids when they hit a certain age they are just mad to drive a car. 12 is very young but kids are growing up a lot quicker these days than back in the 80s.

Anyway RIP to the boy and hope the truck driver recovers, a harrowing experience for him too.

rolling boh · 11-02-2022 4:45pm

Awful thing to happen tragic on a couple of fronts the whole circumstances are not really known so may be best not to be speculating too much about his family and his overall behaviour .

BattleCorp1 · 11-02-2022 4:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616249#Comment_118616249

It's happened down my way too. It's a long time ago now but one kid near me took a car for a spin and crashed it. Luckily he nor anybody else was injured. When the Gardai called to his parents house, he tried to spin the yarn that the IRA had came and took the car.

TheValeyard · 11-02-2022 4:46pm

RIP to the little dude.

Its obviously a shocking story and more going on behind the scenes as to why he was driving a car, let alone at 2am.

What else can be said?

Immortal Starlight · 11-02-2022 4:47pm

Absolutely heartbreaking news to wake up to this morning. So very sorry for that poor child and his family. Their lives are changed forever now. Just heartbreaking. May he Rest In Peace.

Hurrache · 11-02-2022 4:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118615904#Comment_118615904

FFS, you admit that you've no idea of what's going on, and yet go on a rant about liberals.

BattleCorp1 · 11-02-2022 4:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616640#Comment_118616640

I sneaked out myself too. Did lots of dumb sh1t. Most of us do when we are that age. This kid went a bit further than most of us though with tragic consequences. I haven't blamed his parents by the way.

You mightn't find it nice to read or in bad taste but others might be interested in having a discussion.

I'm generally against people calling for threads to be closed just because they don't like the contents of the thread. That's censorship pretty much.

11-02-2022 5:07pm

@BattleCorp1 my post may have been unclear. I wasn’t accusing you of saying the parents were bad. I quoted another poster who is talking about the parents negatively. It’s that type of comment that I’ve found completely unnecessary.

freshpopcorn · 11-02-2022 5:19pm

The lad was 12 nearly 13. He was in first year in secondary school.

From what I remember being that age we'd have being mixing with guys who were 14/15 easily at that age.

Mysterypunter · 11-02-2022 5:25pm

Terrible situation, but the RTE website report includes a line, Gardai are trying to establish the cause of the crash. Take a wild guess lads. RIP to the kid

NiceFella · 11-02-2022 5:29pm

Very tragic story, may he rest in peace.

Unfortuately there are many young lads who have a fixation with cars that really want to get behind the wheel as soon as they can.

A lad I use to go to school with use to drive around the estates in his mams car whenever he got the chance. He is the local mechanic now. He was always fascinated with them.

Princess Calla · 11-02-2022 5:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616551#Comment_118616551

Why not? This is the second time in the space of a year (maybe two) a young boy has killed themselves while joy riding.

Maybe it's time to have a proper discussion about it.

Maybe parents need to be sitting their kids down and be having a proper discussion about the dangers of acting the maggot.

While the truck driver may not be physically harmed I'd imagine mentally he's not in great shape. Is this the end of his career now?

It could easily have been a car the boy crashed into. If it had been the driver of that car could easily have been killed.

Brushing things under the carpet because it's somewhat unpalatable is not the way to go.

I don't know what the solution is, but there definitely won't be a solution if there's no discussion.

Allinall · 11-02-2022 5:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616807#Comment_118616807

Have a bit of cop on.

Why would they take a wild guess?

Mysterypunter · 11-02-2022 5:43pm

A 12 year old driving a car was the cause of the accident

It wasnt me123 · 11-02-2022 5:50pm

Very sad but my sympathies are with the truck driver - not something he'll recover from easily. I heard it was a relative's car but very surprising for one so young. On the radio, now all the local priests being dragged out - whether they know the child or not. What a tragedy for everyone.

freshpopcorn · 11-02-2022 5:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616898#Comment_118616898

Well what were the circumstances leading up to the crash.

Was the lad in a vunerable position, as mad as it sounds could he have had a reason driving the crash, could there have being mental health issues etc are things that need to be investigated.

11-02-2022 6:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616807#Comment_118616807

They don't take wild guesses, genius.

They use professionally trained forensic collision investigators to reconstruct exactly how the collision occurred.

Ten of Swords · 11-02-2022 8:38pm

@wildwillow do not post in this thread again

Furze99 · 11-02-2022 9:16pm

Very tough on the family and condolences to them all.

Strange to hear RTE reporting of tributes were being paid to the young lad. Whatever the circumstances, fact is that he could easily have killed someone else or several people. Remember the poor family wiped out a few months ago, not too far - other side of Limerick iirc. So whilst we may sympathise, under no circumstances would I pay tributes to such madness.

Alias G · 11-02-2022 9:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118617845#Comment_118617845

Those paying tribute are likely to have a far better idea of the kids character than you or I.

JP Liz V1 · 11-02-2022 9:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616459#Comment_118616459

RIP, the jeep looked mangled on the news, he hadn't a chance the poor lad and that lorry driver being involved will haunt him for life

Speed Kills Slow Down Take Care On the Roads

John_Rambo · 11-02-2022 9:30pm

His family, school & sports friends are paying tribute to the child, not to the moment of madness that took his life.

Stop twisting things for your own virtue signalling needs. It's horrible.

11-02-2022 9:42pm

Ten of Swords, with all due respect, this thread is only going to go one way.

Heckler · 11-02-2022 9:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118617892#Comment_118617892

Vehicles often look worse after fire services have used equipment like the jaws of life to get to drivers/passengers. An awful tragedy. While nothing can be done for the deceased I hope the truck driver receives professional support for something that he will have to carry for the rest of his life.