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27/08/2013
Investigation After Woman Trapped In Luggage Compartment
An investigation has been launched over claims that a woman travelled some 25km trapped inside the luggage compartment of a Bus Éireann coach, RTÉ have reported.
It is understood that the woman was travelling from Galway, where she is undergoing treatment for cancer, to her home in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare.
When the bus stopped in Ballyvaughan the woman is said to have climbed into the luggage compartment to retrieve her bag, however, the bus then closed the luggage compartment and continued its journey, travelling some 25km to Doolin, where the woman was found still in the compartment.
Bus Éireann have said an investigation into the incident, which is understood to have happened sometime in the last few weeks, is underway.
(MH/JP)
It is understood that the woman was travelling from Galway, where she is undergoing treatment for cancer, to her home in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare.
When the bus stopped in Ballyvaughan the woman is said to have climbed into the luggage compartment to retrieve her bag, however, the bus then closed the luggage compartment and continued its journey, travelling some 25km to Doolin, where the woman was found still in the compartment.
Bus Éireann have said an investigation into the incident, which is understood to have happened sometime in the last few weeks, is underway.
(MH/JP)
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