Girl falls from Cwmbran bridge (From South Wales Argus)
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Girl falls from Cwmbran bridge
3:53pm Sunday 6th January 2013 in News
The 'banana bridge' at Ty Gwyn Way
A TEENAGE girl was taken to hospital after falling from a bridge in Cwmbran.
The 13-year-old, of Fairwater, fell from the bridge named the ‘Banana Bridge’ in Ty Gwyn Way, on Friday evening.
She was taken to hospital but her parents said she suffered from minor injuries and is now settling back in at home.
The bridge links Greenmeadow to Thornhill.
An ambulance service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to an incident at the bridge at around 7.40pm where a female patient was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital’s accident and emergency department.
Gwent police had no information on the incident.
Comments(34)
ianzemma
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8:11am Mon 7 Jan 13
rhinestine
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10:04am Mon 7 Jan 13
youngashie
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2:39pm Mon 7 Jan 13
dalesman1666
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3:23pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Lets hope she recovers and her injuries are not too serious. It may be time for the argus to start restricting idiotic comments from people who seem to revel in other peoples misery.Get well soon young lady.
Dee-Gee
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4:10pm Mon 7 Jan 13
rhinestine wrote:Clowning around and showing off... like every kid has done since the year dot. Hardly needs a moral panic. If you never fell out of a tree, into a stream or through a spectacular pile of mud after shouting "Watch this!", you didn't have a proper childhood.
Serves her right....you don't just fall off a bridge!! she was clowning around and showing off I expect, like most of the very unpleasant kids these days, so I hope a lesson is learned here.....
Even a famous carpenter from Nazareth had a spot of youthful bother from Mum and Dad when he snuck off to show off his learning in the temple. The elders were said to be impressed... Mary and Joseph, less so. *And* he gave Joseph cheek about it, when they told him off.
SUNSHINE ON A CLOUDY DAY
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4:13pm Mon 7 Jan 13
dalesman1666 wrote:At last a voice of reason,well said,there are far too many horrible comment`s when someone is injured or even killed.
From the above comments i must assume you were never teenagers then.
Lets hope she recovers and her injuries are not too serious. It may be time for the argus to start restricting idiotic comments from people who seem to revel in other peoples misery.Get well soon young lady.
I wonder if these people would leave such comments if it was a member of their family...I think not.
Hope you fully recover .
rhinestine
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4:34pm Mon 7 Jan 13
From the comments on here it seems the chavtastic parents are out in force, as kids don't do no harm clowning around on a bridge, why? because the parents let them run wild and teach them nothing, as they you could fir their brains in a hazelnut shell too!
R.P55555
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6:32pm Mon 7 Jan 13
All I can say is if you have children i feel sorry for them. As if they ever did or do anything wrong they would never come to you for support and advice.
very rude and un-caring comments.
From people I am rather glad I do not know, or whom I have no need to know.
smokintheweed
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12:46am Tue 8 Jan 13
rhinestine wrote:So it was the child's social standing then is it? Lots of children from every walk of life like to climb on stuff and many injure themselves.Since this kid was climbing on a pedestrian bridge in a less affluent area of the country you attribute it to parenting with no real facts or information from the Argus? Read the story again and tell me exactly how much you know about this girl. Her name? Her parents names? Her families income? What they had for dinner three days ago? Nothing. All you know is she is a thirteen year old girl that fell off a bridge in Cwmbran.
There is a vast difference in falling from a tree as a kid and falling from a bridge that is supposed to be a walkway, for the saftey of the users, to prevent them being hit by a car..........
From the comments on here it seems the chavtastic parents are out in force, as kids don't do no harm clowning around on a bridge, why? because the parents let them run wild and teach them nothing, as they you could fir their brains in a hazelnut shell too!
"supposed to be a walkway, for the saftey of the users"
What has this to do with anything at all in this story? We all know the purpose of a pedestrian bridge. In what way was a girl falling off a bridge a danger to other people using the bridge?
"as kids don't do no harm clowning around on a bridge"
They do harm though. To themselves. By falling off things like trees.
You are a complete berk of the highest order.
smokintheweed
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12:51am Tue 8 Jan 13
county mad
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1:11am Tue 8 Jan 13
smokintheweed
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1:17am Tue 8 Jan 13
county mad wrote:Same here. Perhaps he's busy building his guillotine?
I was surprised rhinestine didnt want to birch her it'd his default setting
rhinestine
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8:52am Tue 8 Jan 13
No, I building stocks, and yes, the birch might be a good option here, she will think twice about acting the goat then.
What if she fell from the bridge on to a moving car? went through the windscreen and killed the passengers?
I suppose that's all right is it? as she is just a kid having a laugh?
Smokingtheweed@ you get really uptight about back grounds and social standings don't you? I think you come from the gutter, and that's why your so touchy......
Your a sap of the highest order............. he he he
rhinestine
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8:54am Tue 8 Jan 13
county mad wrote:Listen to the football thug.....I bet you have dished out some punishment on the terraces over the years......with about 25 other's behind you of course......... did you use a birch? or was it just throwing chairs and bottles........
I was surprised rhinestine didnt want to birch her it'd his default setting
county mad
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1:31pm Tue 8 Jan 13
rhinestine
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3:13pm Tue 8 Jan 13
county mad wrote:your kidding me? I seen footage on YouTube to suggest otherwise!
Never hit anyone at any match did my fighting in N.Ireland more than enough to last my lifetime. And I don't think we have ever had as many as 25 hooligans at county ,cos we won't tolerate them
county mad
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3:20pm Tue 8 Jan 13
rhinestine
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4:10pm Tue 8 Jan 13
nat.man.dude.88
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5:10pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Dolieboy
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6:19pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Carrot's
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7:16pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Howie'
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10:46pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Carrot's wrote:Thought you had gone skiing for two weeks from last week.
Rhinestine - if you dont want to fall off a bridge - dont go on one!
smokintheweed
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1:36am Wed 9 Jan 13
rhinestine wrote:You seem to be the type to wish harm on a 13 year old girl.
lol!!....same old users biting all the time! I love it!!
No, I building stocks, and yes, the birch might be a good option here, she will think twice about acting the goat then.
What if she fell from the bridge on to a moving car? went through the windscreen and killed the passengers?
I suppose that's all right is it? as she is just a kid having a laugh?
Smokingtheweed@ you get really uptight about back grounds and social standings don't you? I think you come from the gutter, and that's why your so touchy......
Your a sap of the highest order............. he he he
What if she fell from the bridge on to a moving car?"
I imagine she would probably lose.
Since she lives in a poor area of Cwmbran though then that must be ok to you? Got the family figured out and evaluated their worth?
"Smokingtheweed@ you get really uptight about back grounds and social standings don't you? I think you come from the gutter, and that's why your so touchy".
Another assumption that is wholly incorrect. That is your problem. you make assumptions and then believe them to be fact.
The People's Republic of Newp
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2:50am Wed 9 Jan 13
rhinestine wrote:With the exception of, one presumes, the comment in which you describe this particular individual (countymad) as a "football thug".
I am not talking about you; you state there are not trouble makers over the county and I have told you there is footage to say otherwise!
You are a loathsome individual, your bile and baseless invective equaled only by your ignorance and stupidity.
rhinestine
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10:18am Wed 9 Jan 13
The People's Republic of Newp wrote:Thank you for such a glowing appraisal, I am flattered......
rhinestine wrote:With the exception of, one presumes, the comment in which you describe this particular individual (countymad) as a "football thug".
I am not talking about you; you state there are not trouble makers over the county and I have told you there is footage to say otherwise!
You are a loathsome individual, your bile and baseless invective equaled only by your ignorance and stupidity.
smokintheweed
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1:11pm Wed 9 Jan 13
rhinestine
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1:31pm Wed 9 Jan 13
smokintheweed wrote:Well, I know of one person who is stupid..... And that is you....and a hypocrite to boot....
I can only assume that rhinestine is a troll. No one could really be that stupid surely?
totally donny
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1:57pm Wed 9 Jan 13
county mad
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2:09pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Readthepaper
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2:12pm Wed 9 Jan 13
let em swing
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3:01pm Wed 9 Jan 13
smokintheweed wrote:whats this nonsense about poor area of cwmbran, its a s tidy as most of cwmbran, and just because a girl fell off a bridge there it doesnt mean shes from the area, some burks on ere fair do's.
rhinestine wrote:You seem to be the type to wish harm on a 13 year old girl.
lol!!....same old users biting all the time! I love it!!
No, I building stocks, and yes, the birch might be a good option here, she will think twice about acting the goat then.
What if she fell from the bridge on to a moving car? went through the windscreen and killed the passengers?
I suppose that's all right is it? as she is just a kid having a laugh?
Smokingtheweed@ you get really uptight about back grounds and social standings don't you? I think you come from the gutter, and that's why your so touchy......
Your a sap of the highest order............. he he he
What if she fell from the bridge on to a moving car?"
I imagine she would probably lose.
Since she lives in a poor area of Cwmbran though then that must be ok to you? Got the family figured out and evaluated their worth?
"Smokingtheweed@ you get really uptight about back grounds and social standings don't you? I think you come from the gutter, and that's why your so touchy".
Another assumption that is wholly incorrect. That is your problem. you make assumptions and then believe them to be fact.
Dolieboy
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6:34pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Just up the road!!!!
rocking the ganj
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1:15pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Dolieboy says...
6:51am Mon 7 Jan 13