Fire fighters who responded to the horror M50 crash yesterday have been offered mental health support aimed to help them through traumatic incidents.
Two motorcyclists, a man in his 50s and another in his 60s, died at the scene of the motorway crash which also involved a truck.
The two bikers were friends and from Britain. “It was a freak accident,” a source said. The truck driver was uninjured.
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A number of fire engines and ambulances rushed to the scene of the crash at around 2pm yesterday.
A section of the M50 northbound from Junction 7 to Junction 9 was closed from around 2pm to 9pm as gardai investigated the scene.
Dublin Fire Brigade said all the fire fighters that attended the scene have been offered Critical Incident Stress Management - a mental support aimed at helping those who may have been through a traumatic experience.
A spokesman said: "Earlier today our Firefighter/Paramedics attended a fatal RTC scene on the M50. All our crews have been offered Critical Incident Stress Management support."
The DFB joined the gardai in calling on the public not to share graphic images of the crash.
The spokesman added: "We’d like to echo the appeal of the gardai not to share graphic images."
The Mirror has also established that both men were English holidaymakers who were touring around Ireland.
It’s understood one victim was in his 60s, while the other was in his 50s.Gardai were liaising with British police last night to break the news to the men’s families. But sources stressed that neither the victims nor the lorry driver involved in the smash were suspected of any wrongdoing.
“It was just a horrible accident,” one source added. “The two men on the motorbikes were on holiday from England. It looks like they were riding along and they bumped into each other.
“It was an accident and there is no suggestion that they were speeding.
“But when two motorcyclists even tip off each other at 100kph, the results are devastating. They fell off their bikes onto the carriageway and were hit by a truck.
The driver could do nothing to avoid them. It is a terrible tragedy.” Both men died instantly in the crash, which happened on the northbound carriageway of the M50 that orbits Dublin between junction nine for the N7 and junction seven for the M4.
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