By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 06:15 EST, 27 August 2013 | UPDATED: 06:33 EST, 27 August 2013 A hospital patient is said to have been carried more than 15 miles in the baggage compartment of a coach after becoming trapped inside as she tried to retrieve her bag. Bus Éireann has launched an investigation into how the middle-aged woman became locked in the luggage compartment as she arrived home in Ballyvaughan, Ireland, after a hospital appointment. It is believed that the woman, who does not wish to be named, tried to reach into the baggage compartment to pick up her small bag which was hidden behind larger luggage.
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The middle-aged woman had travelled to Ballyvaughan from Galway
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It is thought she fainted after climbing in to find her luggage
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She wasn't discovered until the bus arrived in Doolin
Long journey: The woman travelled from Galway to Ballyvaughan and was then carried on to @placeholder further down the Irish coast after becoming trapped