Flowers left at scene of fatal bus crash in Dublin

By Cillian Sherlock, Press Association

Flowers have been left at the scene of a bus crash in Dublin in which a man died, and three other people were injured.

The vehicle involved – a Bus Éireann double-decker – has been removed from the scene, and the pedestrianised North Earl Street reopened.

A Garda cordon had been cleared, but evidence of Thursday’s crash remained – a damaged shop front and traffic cones where a street light had been knocked down.

The bus crashed into pedestrians as it came off the junction of Talbot Street and Marlborough Street, onto the beginning of the pedestrianised area.

One of the pedestrians, a man aged in his 80s, died following the incident.

Two other pedestrians – a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s – were taken to hospital with injuries described as “non-life-threatening”, although the man’s were additionally described as “serious”.

The driver of the bus, a woman aged in her 50s, was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Bus Éireann said it was “deeply saddened” to confirm that there had been a fatality and that several people had been injured after its vehicle was involved in a “serious collision involving pedestrians”.

The company’s chief executive Jean O’Sullivan said: “We are profoundly saddened by this tragic incident.

“On behalf of everyone at Bus Eireann, I extend our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased, and our thoughts are with all those affected at this very difficult time.”

Expressions of condolences were also made by political figures including the President Catherine Connolly.

A Garda spokesperson said a liaison officer had been appointed to the family of the dead man, adding that “investigations are ongoing”.

An Garda Síochána has asked anyone with photographs or video of the incident to make them available to the investigation team at Store Street Garda Station.