{"id":424605,"date":"2026-04-30T05:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/424605\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T05:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:04:09","slug":"lucky-passengers-get-away-with-no-injuries-after-car-bus-and-luas-smash-in-bluebell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/424605\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky passengers get away with no injuries after car, bus and Luas smash in Bluebell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The crash happened near Bluebell Luas stop on the Naas Road just before 8am<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The damaged bus \" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_The-damaged-bus.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The damaged bus \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The damaged bus (Image: Colin Keegan\/Collins)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lucky passengers got away with no injuries this morning after a car, a bus and a <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/luas\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Luas<\/a> collided in south <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Dublin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The crash happened near <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/bluebell\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Bluebell<\/a> Luas stop on the Naas Road just before 8am. The incident involved a car, a Luas tram, and a number 13 <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/Dublin-Bus\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dublin Bus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The road was closed for much of the morning, with Luas Red Line services also suspended between the Red Cow and Heuston as a result. Things reopened just before 10am this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Miraculously, there were no serious injuries to report. A <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/an-garda-siochana\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">garda<\/a> spokesman said: &#8220;Garda\u00ed and emergency services attended a road traffic collision on the Naas Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12, this morning Wednesday 29th April 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The collision involved a car, a bus and a Luas and occurred at approximately 7:50am. The road has since fully reopened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;No injuries have been reported at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Want to see more of the stories you love from Dublin Live? <a aria-label=\"Making us your preferred source on GoogleLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dublinlive.ie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Making us your preferred source on Google<\/a> means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. 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