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A COUPLE WHO stopped to help out after a collision this afternoon ended up having their own car stolen – by one of the people they tried to help
The gardaí air support unit were searching for the culprits this evening.
The incident began at 2.30pm this afternoon at Clara Vale, Rathdrum, when a bus and a black Volvo collided.
A German-registered black Mercedes C180 stopped to lend assistance at the scene – and the four male occupants of the black Volvo stole the car.
A female passenger in the Mercedes received slight injuries in the incident.
The stolen vehicle left the scene in the direction of Glendalough, and gardaí are investigating reports that the Volvo had been involved in a burglary earlier in the Athy area of Carlow.
The black Mercedes has now been located in Tullow Co Carlow, and is being preserved for technical examination.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Wicklow Garda Station on 0404 60140.
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No Irish person is going to stop and help 4 scobes dressed in tracksuits in a crashed volvo car..
True but 2 or 3 of them may having been hiding out of sight.
You must be able to help identify them if you know they were wearing tracksuits?
Were you a witness or one of the scobes?
Have you givem your info to gardai?
What’s a scobe?
A bit like a skobe..
These hijacking crimes etc are giving Ireland a bad name…..soon tourists will be afraid to come here on holiers…..
I wonder what was found in the boot of the crashed car
I don’t know what a scobe is, but I get your drift. LOL.
Imagine the impression those victims now have of Ireland of the welcomes
Probably the same impression as that poor Brazilian chap who got a hiding off those two dirty scrotes on the paddy’s day parade in Dublin.
Competing with South Africa!
We start selling the flame trower for side of the car… or keep a bush knife by our side.
Terrible as it may sound but that’s why most people don’t get involved.
Can’t blame any one for not stopping at the moment. Think I would keep driving and call the gardai. (after I’ve pulled in of course! God feels like you just can’t win!)
Seriously? It’d be the last thing I’d expect to happen!
Yeah its a terrible thing to do. Most peoples natural reaction coming onto the scene of an accident is to stop & offer help. These vermin are just playing on peoples good nature.
Call the guards? they would just take their time… a week ago someone i know watched a guy break into hes car in the early hours of the morning. he called the guards and was told their out in a call at the moment, we will send a car out in a few minutes… 45mins later after the guy failed to break into the car, he called again and said i just stabbed the person who tired to rob my car. within a min or so 3 squad cars showed up sirens blaring thinking someone had being stabbed. when they asked we just got a call saying someone had being stabbed, the guy replied saying i tough you’d only be a few minutes. true story.
Urban legend I’m afraid
honestly i didn’t believe it either… it did happen. wouldn’t make it up. he told me they had no interest that hes car was being robbed so he made it worse by saying that, so they would actually take him seriously.
Stop telling porkies dude
Charge any driving a stolen car with attempted murder, at least 5 years in prison and that ends this new craze.
You won’t be find for using your mobile while driving if your ringing the guards or emergency services. FyI
You wouldn’t stop in an emergency for fear of the very rare occasion where your car may get stolen?
Who did they attempt to murder?
Athy area of Carlow? Last time I checked it was well in county kildare!
Pr1cks who did this and embarrassing for us as people with these stories going home to continental Europe.
Hope that lady makes speedy recovery and don’t paint us all with one brush
Dirty bast**ds
What’s the story with scüm and stolen cars these days………..
It’s a section in the criminal leaving cert exams…
The place really has gone to the dogs.
Id be delighted if they stole my fiat punto.
‘In the Athy area of Carlow’?? Athy is in Kildare!
I’d say it’s supposed to be the Athy Road area of Carlow.
S*um bag epidemic
Doing someone a good turn can now get you a kick in the teeth,nhğ
Im gona leave a note on my dash board sayin ” your gona get the blane lads” then I’m gona put sheets in the back floor of my car in the shape of a body with fake blood on it and fake feet and a shovel on top and if my car gets hijacked pretty sure they will run for their lives :)
So what about the gold coloured car that was smashed up and crossways in the road!
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