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Prince · 03-19-2004, 07:28 AM

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Finnish bus crash leaves 24 dead

The bus was carrying ski tourists to the northern region of Lapland
At least 24 people were killed and 15 injured when a bus and truck collided on icy roads in central Finland.

The bus was carrying 40 people, mostly teenagers, to ski resorts in Lapland.

Police said the collision at about 0200 (2400 GMT) sent the truck's cargo of heavy paper rolls crashing through the windscreen of the bus.

The Finnish government declared a national day of mourning for what it said was the country's worst ever traffic accident.

It also recommended that flags be flown at half-mast and launched an inquiry into the accident.

'Serious condition'

The collision happened near the town of Aanekoski, about 200km (125 miles) north of the capital Helsinki.

Rescuers arriving at the scene said the bus was so badly crumpled that it took hours to cut some survivors free.

The injured, some of them in serious condition, were taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Jyvaskyla.

"We have some 24 people dead, most of them aged 15 to 20 years old," the hospital's chief medical officer Jukka Puolakka told AFP.

Police said the precise cause of the accident had not yet been established.

However the truck driver blamed icy conditions for the crash.

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Cynthetiq · 03-19-2004, 08:47 AM

damn... i've been wanting to get that far north...

Prince · 03-20-2004, 10:10 AM

This really has me quite upset. It just hit home somehow...

I feel awful, and I don't even live in the same country anymore.

StormBerlin · 03-22-2004, 08:47 AM

That's so sad. I don't really know what else to say.

Redjake · 03-22-2004, 09:30 AM

I feel for them. It may sound bad but the reason I feel for them is because they were so young (my age). They didn't get to live life to the fullest, or anything like that. I wouldn't have cared as much if it were adults. It really hits home when you think of yourself as dying today.

illesturban · 03-22-2004, 10:33 AM

that's horrible. those poor kids man, they were so young. very very unfortunate.

water_boy1999 · 03-22-2004, 10:35 AM

wow, what a shocker. What can one say with a story like this? I feel so bad for their families.

denim · 03-22-2004, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by Redjake
I wouldn't have cared as much if it were adults. It really hits home when you think of yourself as dying today.

Can happen. Check out your newspaper's obituaries column. Occasionally, you'll find an infant in there. Death is, unfortunately, an equal opportunity event.

Check out some old cemetaries. You'll find lots of small markers with only one date on them.

zxello · 03-22-2004, 11:57 AM

............bummer................. only thing i can think of.

Xell101 · 03-22-2004, 12:21 PM

That is quite sad, but the title rather is funny so that dulls the sad part quite a bit.

diddagirl · 03-22-2004, 04:49 PM

That is so damn sad to hear...

onodrim · 03-22-2004, 07:40 PM

Very unfortunate, I'll remember to appreciate my life a little more tonight.

03-19-2004, 08:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	damn... i've been wanting to get that far north... __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

03-20-2004, 10:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Prince /nɑndəsˈkrɪpt/ Location: LV-426	This really has me quite upset. It just hit home somehow... I feel awful, and I don't even live in the same country anymore. __________________ Who is John Galt?

03-22-2004, 08:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
StormBerlin Happy as a hippo Location: Southern California	That's so sad. I don't really know what else to say. __________________ "if anal sex could get a girl pregnant i'd be tits deep in child support" Arcane

03-22-2004, 09:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	I feel for them. It may sound bad but the reason I feel for them is because they were so young (my age). They didn't get to live life to the fullest, or anything like that. I wouldn't have cared as much if it were adults. It really hits home when you think of yourself as dying today. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

03-22-2004, 10:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	wow, what a shocker. What can one say with a story like this? I feel so bad for their families. __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson

03-22-2004, 10:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
illesturban Psycho Location: Lubbock, TX	that's horrible. those poor kids man, they were so young. very very unfortunate.

03-22-2004, 11:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	............bummer................. only thing i can think of. __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

03-22-2004, 12:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	That is quite sad, but the title rather is funny so that dulls the sad part quite a bit.

03-22-2004, 04:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
diddagirl Addict Location: Calgary, AB	That is so damn sad to hear... __________________ "Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived long in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done." -Matthew Arnold

03-22-2004, 07:40 PM	#12 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Very unfortunate, I'll remember to appreciate my life a little more tonight. __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan