The incident, which took place on Good Friday at around 2pm on the outskirts of Killashee, resulted in a concrete post crashing through the motorist's front windscreen.
The man in his 80s was struck near the Dart station on Station Road shortly before 6pm. The road currently remains closed pending an examination by Forensic Collision Investigators. Inspectors for Go Ahead Ireland are also currently on site, where the bus remains in situ.
Footage of the incident, which took place January 15, shows the robot sitting motionless on the tracks, seemingly making no attempt to get out of the way as the unmistakable blare of the train horn gets louder and louder. "Oh it's gonna crush it!" the onlooker taking the video can be heard saying moments before the train, operated by Brightline, flattens the unfortunate bot into the tracks. Sparks can be seen flying from beneath the train before the video cuts off.
A male pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning, Toronto police say. Just after 8 a.m., the man who police say was between 20 and 25 years old was struck by a semi-tractor trailer truck in North York near Steeles Avenue W. and Petrolia Road, Insp. Jeff Allington told reporters Tuesday. The man was taken to hospital and died from his injuries, Allington said.
At around 9 a.m., troopers responded to a report that a bucket truck had been knocked onto its side and into oncoming traffic on Memorial Drive, according to a statement from Massachusetts State Police. The worker - who was in the bucket at the time of the incident, Boston 25 News reports - was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, police said.
Svetoslav Trifonov (46) was driving his car along Malahide Road in north Dublin when he went through a light that had changed from green to red, knocking down the woman as she attempted to cross the road.
The crash, involving a pedestrian and a car, occurred in the Tubrid More area of Ardfert in north Kerry on Monday evening (March 2) at approximately 9:20 pm. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and said the driver of the vehicle had left the scene before the arrival of gardaí.