Woman struck by bus on quay seeks damages

A WOMAN hit by a Dublin Bus vehicle in which five people died when it mounted the footpath at Wellington Quay has begun a High Court action for damages. Three women and two men were killed in the accident.

Liability in the case, which opened before Mr Justice Vivian Lavan yesterday, is conceded by Dublin Bus and the case is for assessment only.

Sarah McNamara, aged 24, of Kilmacraddock, Leixlip, Co Kildare, told the court that she was standing at the bus stop on February 21, 2004, when an omnibus owned by Dublin Bus mounted the footpath and struck her. She saw a number of people trapped under the bus and saw a woman and a girl under the back wheel. She became unconscious and could not remember anything else.