BUS CRASH HORROR ON CITY STREET

THE President has offered her “deepest condolences” to the family of a pedestrian in his 80s who died after being struck by a double-decker bus in Dublin.

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Emergency services attend scene, below, in Dublin city centre Crowds surround bus on Talbot Street

Three others were injured in the incident on the pedestrianised North Earl Street shortly after 12.30pm.

The crash at the junction of Talbot Street and Marlborough Street, near the beginning of the pedestrianised area, involved a Bus Eireann double-decker.

Two other pedestrians ~a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s - were taken to hospital after the incident for injuries described as “non-life-threatening”, although the man’s were additionally described as “serious”.

The driver of the bus, a woman aged in her 50s, was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

President Catherine Connolly said: “May I further thank the emergency services for their swift attendance on the scene and send my best wishes to those injured and wish them a speedy recovery, as well as to all those impacted by today’s event.”

Ân Garda Siochana responded to the incident with Dublin Fire Brigade and ambulances.

A tent was erected around the crash site and a Garda cordon has been put in place.

The front window of the bus has been smashed.

Gardai, who are treating the incident as a crash, said investigations are ongoing.

They have appealed for witnesses to the collision to come forward.