Girl gets €20,000 for being struck by mini-bus wing mirror

A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl who was struck on the head by the wing mirror of a passing mini-bus has been awarded €20,000 damages.

Barrister Kevin Healy told the Circuit Civil Court that Megan, of Glasnevin Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin, was crossing on a pedestrian walkway outside her school, St Brigid’s, Old Finglas Road, on March 9, 2007.

Mr Healy told Circuit Court president Mr Justice Matthew Deery that Megan, who was 12 at the time, had been knocked unconscious as she fell back, striking her head on the road.