A woman has been hospitalised after her head was almost squashed by bus during an alleged assault. CCTV footage shared on social media showed a man and a woman wrestling with a third man on the pavement on Lower George's Street in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. The incident occurred at approximately 8pm on Saturday December 7, 2024.
The video, which lasts 61 seconds, shows a couple wrestling with a third man, wearing a black hat. The man with the black hat struggles with the other man, and the woman attempts to intervene but is the chaos, both the woman and the man in the hat fall onto the road.
As the woman falls onto the road, a bus can be seen driving by. The woman, who collides with the side of the bus, comes within inches of the vehicle driving over her head. The bus drives on, out of the frame, but the woman can be seen lying injured at the side of the road. Meanwhile, a bystander intervenes by pinning the man in the hat to the ground, while the other man goes to the aid of the woman.
"Gardaí attended the scene and are investigating following report of an incident of alleged assault on Lower George’s Street, Dun Laoghaire, on Saturday 7th December 2024," a Gardaí spokesperson told the Irish Mirror. "The incident occurred at approximately 8pm. A woman (aged in her 50s) was conveyed to St Vincent’s University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Investigations are ongoing. No further information is available at this time," the spokesperson added.
