Bill Murphy was hit from behind by a Dublin Bus after driver fell unconscious at the wheel
He also realised the bike he had been using seconds before was now caught beneath the bus which was still rolling across the intersection towards O’Connell Bridge. A few seconds later the bus came to a stop, and a man pulled the emergency lever and jumped on board., had just succeeded in removing the driver’s foot from the accelerator. The bus driver was then carried out onto the street where Ms McGivney administered CPR until the ambulance crew arrived.
Mr Murphy stood nearby and a pedestrian handed him his badly damaged bike. A number of people approached him to ask if he was all right and some offered to be witnesses to what happened.“I don’t really remember what happened to the bike. It definitely got caught under the front. All I can remember is the back wheel was mangled.Mr Murphy went home straight after the hospital check-up. “I’m fine now, I was extremely lucky. It was just one of those things, it was absolutely nobody’s fault.
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