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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Jackie on March 31, 2010, 09:50:29 pm

Title: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: Jackie on March 31, 2010, 09:50:29 pm

Just sending my best wishes for anyone involved in todays bus crash. MY thoughts are with you all.

Jackie

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: ballingall on March 31, 2010, 10:17:47 pm

Echoed. Saw it on the news this morning, so sad.

Beth

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: doganjo on March 31, 2010, 10:34:14 pm

Heard it on the news on my way back from leaving Freckles at the vet hospital this morning.  Terrible thing to happen. Guess the driver will be blamed for taking the coach out but was it his responsibility to cancel for the bad weather?  The kids all got to the school OK to join the coach, and all the other school buses were running.  Was he just unlucky to hit a bad patch? Poor kids, poor little girl who died, and all their folks, school mates and teachers, and poor driver. :'(

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: Roxy on March 31, 2010, 11:10:09 pm

Terrible thing to happen. Looking at the pics on the news, its amazing there were not more killed.  Not really the weather for Alton Towers. We are not too far from there, and its been bad weather today, with snow, so I can imagine the journey down, had they not crashed would have been a difficult one.

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: ballingall on March 31, 2010, 11:16:56 pm

I heard that 1 pupil didn't go because their parents said the weather was too bad. Not sure if that is the case though.


Beth

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: doganjo on March 31, 2010, 11:24:53 pm

Yes, that's true - a boy.  His Mum said she didn't want him to go but gave him the final decision.  He decided not to go.

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: Jackie on April 01, 2010, 07:15:39 am

Clever Mum.  ;D

Annie whats wrong with Freckles?

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: doganjo on April 01, 2010, 03:19:59 pm

Cruciate ligament rupture - had op today - TPLO, waiting for update from Stephen the ortho vet.

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: northfifeduckling on April 01, 2010, 03:52:52 pm

My thoughts are with the families, the worst nightmare for any parent.

Where were all the health and safety standards then I wonder? The school should have postponed the trip, the forecast was bad enough!  :&>

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: Jackie on April 02, 2010, 12:09:00 pm

Oh dear :( that ligament retracts so far up the leg when it snaps that its hard to get at and repair.  Easy to recognise when its 'gone' though with their leg up to their tum.

I hope thats not one of your show stock Annie cos they always limp afterwards. :(

Title: Re: Bus crash Lanark
Post by: doganjo on April 02, 2010, 03:46:16 pm

reply in another thread, Jackie