Motorcycle courier hit by bus in Dublin

A female motorcycle courier has been hit by a bus on Westmoreland Street in Dublin city centre this evening.

A female motorcycle courier has been hit by a bus on Westmoreland Street in Dublin city centre this evening.

Emergency services working to free the motorcycle courier in Dublin this evening.
Emergency services working to free the motorcycle courier in Dublin this evening.

The collision happened shortly after six o'clock.

Emergency services had to raise the front of the bus and prop it up on wooden blocks before freeing the woman.

The courier was conscious when she was taken from beneath the bus and was taken to St James's Hospital.

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