L’uomo accusato in relazione alla collisione di Waterford E-Scooter che ha ucciso due adolescenti

Interesting development considering the reaction on r/ireland at the time of this. The trauma the parents must have had with the public consoling the person charged, and vilifying two children.

Are they saying he was at fault now?

>A statement from the Garda Press Office this morning said that the male in his 40s is to appear before Waterford District Court this morning in relation to the case.

What the fuck does that even mean, doesn’t say anywhere he’s charged with anything, just to appear before court…

It was a bus that hit them. E scooters can be quite fast and according to the facts around the case at the time they were crossing the road at 2am wearing dark clothing on a dark e scooter. Not to be disrespectful to the victims by bringing colour into it but it’s hard enough to see a white person in all dark clothes when they dip into traffic in the dark of night. I’ve seen it happen a few times and one time in particular the lad that darted out was narrowly missed thank goodness. It’s hard to see how they can hold the bus driver responsible for a pure accident unless of course there were other factors were at play. It’s a tragedy all round, for both the young men who died and the bus driver who I’m sure feels terrible about what happened. If there were no other factors how can they charge a man for what was essentially a tragic accident?