Galway woman dies after being struck by bus in London

A woman who died after being hit by a bus in central London yesterday has been named locally.

56-year-old Kathleen Finnegan, a native of Cortoon outside Tuam, died after she was hit by a bus at London Victoria station just before 9am.

Emergency services attempted to save her life but she died at the scene.

Kathleen was part of a well-known family in the Tuam area.