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08 Jan 10
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Police in Australia have condemned tourists who filmed the dying moments of an Irish backpacker who was killed in a car accident in the north Queensland city of Cairns.
Donal Bolton, 23, was weeks away from returning home to Ireland after spending a year in Australia when he and his fiance, Justine Walsh, were hit by an out-of-control vehicle as they sat on a bench in the city centre.
Senior Constable Scott Ezard, lead investigator at the Cairns forensic crash unit, said the pair had been in the tourist town for just one night and were waiting for a bus when the tragedy struck.
But in the moments after the crash, in which Mr Bolton was pinned to the bench, bystanders started to film the drama on their mobile phones rather than going to the aid of the victims, he said.
"It's an absolute tragedy, someone's been killed, and people are more concerned with taking photographs than helping victims," he said.
"It's a sad indictment on society, fairly morbid behaviour, just so they can stick it up on YouTube."
Mr Bolton, 23, of County Offaly, died at the scene. His 22-year-old girlfriend of five years suffered "bumps and bruises but is obviously deeply distraught", officers said.
Miss Walsh is due to escort her boyfriend's body back to Ireland for burial in the next two weeks.
Monsignor Tom**an, a priest in the Ballinagar area of Offaly, told the Irish Times that the family was in deep shock and heartbroken after the death of their youngest son.
"It's very sad, it's a huge tragedy," he said.
The 33-year-old driver, who suffers from a long-term medical condition, sustained a fractured vertebrae and was still undergoing medical treatment.
In the moments before the crash he was said by witnesses to be "frothing at the mouth" with his "eyes rolling back in his head".
"The driver does suffer from a long-term medical condition and he does receive treatment from the hospital from time to time," Mr Ezard said.
"It is unclear if the condition contributed to the incident - that's still currently under investigation."
Police in Australia have condemned tourists who filmed the dying moments of an Irish backpacker who was killed in a car accident in the north Queensland city of Cairns.
Donal Bolton, 23, was weeks away from returning home to Ireland after spending a year in Australia when he and his fiance, Justine Walsh, were hit by an out-of-control vehicle as they sat on a bench in the city centre.
Senior Constable Scott Ezard, lead investigator at the Cairns forensic crash unit, said the pair had been in the tourist town for just one night and were waiting for a bus when the tragedy struck.
But in the moments after the crash, in which Mr Bolton was pinned to the bench, bystanders started to film the drama on their mobile phones rather than going to the aid of the victims, he said.
"It's an absolute tragedy, someone's been killed, and people are more concerned with taking photographs than helping victims," he said.
"It's a sad indictment on society, fairly morbid behaviour, just so they can stick it up on YouTube."
Mr Bolton, 23, of County Offaly, died at the scene. His 22-year-old girlfriend of five years suffered "bumps and bruises but is obviously deeply distraught", officers said.
Miss Walsh is due to escort her boyfriend's body back to Ireland for burial in the next two weeks.
Monsignor Tom**an, a priest in the Ballinagar area of Offaly, told the Irish Times that the family was in deep shock and heartbroken after the death of their youngest son.
"It's very sad, it's a huge tragedy," he said.
The 33-year-old driver, who suffers from a long-term medical condition, sustained a fractured vertebrae and was still undergoing medical treatment.
In the moments before the crash he was said by witnesses to be "frothing at the mouth" with his "eyes rolling back in his head".
"The driver does suffer from a long-term medical condition and he does receive treatment from the hospital from time to time," Mr Ezard said.
"It is unclear if the condition contributed to the incident - that's still currently under investigation."
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what no youtube footage?
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"frothing at the mouth" with his "eyes rolling back in his head".
"It is unclear if the condition contributed to the incident" HELLO! |
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Very sad, but as said in the article we live in a disgusting world.
RIP :( |
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Internet callousness seeping into real life. See it all the time now, and think we are fked.
"IRL we filmed this guy dying, lol, lol, lol," |
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aussies living down to their reputation
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CAIRNS is a GREAT place to have a break in ..
I found the locals very friendly .. Live music until 3am at some pubs and then invites from the Locals on to drinks sessions elsewhere (declined because we were always zonked out every night by 3am hahaha).... Many tourists stop here and I wonder if it was them filming .. |
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Have paddy power opened a market on cause of death yet?
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50/1 Kangaroo bite.
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33/1 mauled by Koala
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how do the police know they were tourists? did they waste their time asking them instead of trying to help?
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66/1 drowned in a lake of Fosters
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Joe Jordan 08 Jan 16:38
CAIRNS is a GREAT place to have a break in .. I found the locals very friendly .. Live music until 3am at some pubs and then invites from the Locals on to drinks sessions elsewhere (declined because we were always zonked out every night by 3am hahaha).... Many tourists stop here and I wonder if it was them filming .. Agree Joe I was there 2 years ago, hard to believe it was locals. |