Guy Gets Smashed By A Bus And Then Walked Leisurely Into A Pub
A speeding double-decker bus in Reading, England swerved into a man and threw him into the air and onto the pavement on Saturday morning.
After skidding a good 20 feet down a sidewalk, the man, Simon Smith, responded by promptly standing up and dusting himself off. He then kept calm and walked into a pub.
In the video, the bus — which ended up with a shattered windshield — appears to have sustained more damage than Smith did.
Smith suffered some bruises, according to The Telegraph, which provided CCTV footage of the video.
Happily, Smith landed just outside The Purple Turtle, the pub he was planning to visit when the bus smashed into him.
“We’ve known Simon for about 20 years,” Purple Turtle manager Stuart McNaught said after the incident, according to The Telegraph. “He went to hospital. He’s okay. He’s a bit frail today. He’s not feeling the best. He went to hospital. The paramedics who called the ambulance took him. He’s bruised and shocked, I think. It’s absolutely crazy.”
A spokesman for the ambulance service said paramedics initially assumed Smith’s injuries were the result of getting hit by flying debris because they appeared to be so minimal.
“He was taken to hospital with minor injuries and discharged later that day, I believe,” the ambulance spokesman said, according to The Telegraph.
Smith’s wife said her husband was lucky to be alive.
The bus driver stopped the purple bus just beyond The Purple Turtle after hitting Smith.
“We are obviously shocked by the incident as well as the very graphic footage that has been shared a number of times,” a Reading Buses spokesman said, according to the British newspaper.
“We send our regrets to those affected, especially the pedestrian injured in the street and hope that he is recovering from his injuries.”
The driver has been suspended pending an investigation.
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June 27, 2017, 05:27 PM
Aeteocles
June 27, 2017, 05:37 PM
mrmn50
From the video, it looks as though he collapsed in the doorway. Poor guy.
June 27, 2017, 05:46 PM
Tommydogg
He didn't even have some one hold his pint !
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June 27, 2017, 06:04 PM
ChuckWall
Geez, it reminds me of my dad's last words...
Oh, fuck, it's a bus!
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June 27, 2017, 07:30 PM
egregore
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Guy Gets Smashed By A Bus And Then Walked Leisurely Into A Pub
June 27, 2017, 08:07 PM
Rey HRH
He was headed to the pub to get topped off.
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June 27, 2017, 10:57 PM
PASig
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that they seem to have 8 billion security cameras in the UK that seem to see everything?
June 27, 2017, 11:58 PM
Copefree
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Originally posted by PASig: Is anyone else bothered by the fact that they seem to have 8 billion security cameras in the UK that seem to see everything?
If I was someone who liked to break the law I'd be on my toes a bit.
I've heard it goes way deeper than just cameras though.
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June 28, 2017, 12:00 AM
parallel
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Originally posted by PASig: Is anyone else bothered by the fact that they seem to have 8 billion security cameras in the UK that seem to see everything?
Big brother looms large in the UK.
A penny saved is a government oversight.
June 28, 2017, 12:10 AM
slosig
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Originally posted by parallel:
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Originally posted by PASig: Is anyone else bothered by the fact that they seem to have 8 billion security cameras in the UK that seem to see everything?
Big brother looms large in the UK.
There are more than a few cameras here in the good old US of A as well. Nothing like London, but more than a few...
June 28, 2017, 12:14 AM
LDD
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Originally posted by PASig: Is anyone else bothered by the fact that they seem to have 8 billion security cameras in the UK that seem to see everything?
To a freedom loving American, living in a panopticon is dystopia.
But for anyone left of socialism, it's utopia.
June 28, 2017, 12:15 AM
darthfuster
Sometimes the most dangerous place in the world is between a man and his pub. Look what he did to that bus!
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June 28, 2017, 12:15 AM
Rightwire
Wait... he was Irish, right?
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June 28, 2017, 02:38 AM
furlough
WTF, did that bus driver think he was doing the Isle of Man TT?
Look at the bus in the beginning of the video - going a proper bus speed, and staying on the proper side of the road.
That second bus damned near tipped over when the driver yanked the wheel to the right, and our erstwhile pubgoer had no reason to expect a vehicle would hit him from behind on that side of the road.
It almost looks like the throttle got stuck or the brakes failed on that purple bus. Or the driver was looking to get to the same pub!
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June 28, 2017, 02:51 AM
furlough
Looked at the video again.
Is the timestamp right? 9:11 AM? That guy is either a shift worker or dedicated!
And man, that bus really accelerated out of the first turn. Almost like someone floored it...
Just spitballin', but I'd bet on that driver taking a little micro-nap (due to sleep apnea or something), mashing the throttle and then waking up about 1.5 seconds later when our pub-hound was in his crosshairs.
Glad that dude is alive!
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June 28, 2017, 03:07 AM
blueye
He's on the right track, the Purple Turtle is like a Care Now clinic.Best place to go after your banged up.
June 28, 2017, 05:43 AM
whododat
Make that a double!!
Because son, it is what you are supposed to do.
June 28, 2017, 06:12 AM
msfzoe
I'm with furlough re bus driver suffering from sleep apnea. My mother in law was involved in a head on collision on a two lane State highway. The other driver had a sleep apnea episode, crossed thewhite line and slammed into her vehicle. She was OK, however, one of her elderly passengers died and another was seriously injured.
