Child knocked down by motorcyclist at pedestrian crossing awarded €51,000

Ugne Rudnickaite had been knocked unconscious and suffered a serious head injury along with broken bones in her left hand and shoulder

She had been on the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Talbot Street and Gardiner Street, Dublin, when hit by the motor bike. File picture: Larry Cummins

A judge has approved a €51,000 damages award to a five-year-old child who was knocked down by a motorcyclist on a pedestrian crossing in Dublin.

Judge Terence O’Sullivan heard in the Circuit Civil Court on Friday that in October 2019 Ugne Rudnickaite had been knocked unconscious and suffered bone breakages in her left hand and shoulder.