Gardai seek assistance over O'Connell St crash

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an incident on Dublin's O'Connell Street in which two women were struck by a bus last week…

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an incident on Dublin's O'Connell Street in which two women were struck by a bus last week.

The incident in which two British tourists were hurt, one seriously, happened at around 4 pm last Thursday.

The women were injured as they crossed at pedestrian traffic lights on the North Earl Street side of the recently constructed plaza at the Spire.

Dublin City Council launched an inquiry into the "boulevard" design of the intersection after witnesses suggested the women may have failed to determine the difference between road and footpath because the surfaces are made of the same material and are at the same level.

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Store Street gardaí are also seeking public assistance in tracing the whereabouts of one of the women's handbag and a hold-all which were removed from the scene.

A purse containing cash and bank cards, keys, a mobile phone and a passport were in the handbag.

Gardaí can be contacted at 01 - 666 8000.