Witnesses describe panic after fatal Dublin bus crash as garda investigation gets under way

Garda Forensic Collision Investigators at the scene of the bus crash on North Earl Street in Dublin on Thursday. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins 

Witnesses have described sheer terror and panic around a double-decker bus crash into a pedestrian area in Dublin City Centre that left one person dead and three hospitalised.

The incident happened at around 12.30pm on Thursday near the crossroads at Talbot Street and Earl Street.