A young woman is recovering in hospital after she was struck by a bus and thrown over a ditch into a field.
The incident happened at around 6.30 at Doonagore on the coast road between the Cliffs of Moher and Doolin in Co Clare.
The woman, understood to be in her 20’s and from Brazil, is understood to have been hit by a passing bus. Its believed she has been staying in Dublin and was visiting the Doolin area.
The bus driver stopped his vehicle and flagged down a passing motorist. The alarm was raised while the two men carried out a search of the unlit road for the woman.
They quickly located the casualty lying in a field nearby.
A rapid response advanced paramedic unit from Ennis was dispatched to the scene along with an ambulance from Kilrush almost 50 kilometres away.
The Irish Coast Guard was requested by the ambulance service to assist at the incident so volunteers attached to the nearby Doolin station were alerted.
Coast Guard first-responders administered emergency first-aid and remained with the woman until ambulance paramedics arrived. With the help of Coast Guard members they were able to recover the woman from the field and move her an ambulance.
The woman was removed to University Hospital Limerick and while her injuries and not believed to be life-threatening she’s understood to have sustained at least one leg bone fracture.
Gardaí at Ennistymon are investigating the incident. The bus is also expected to be technically examined by Gardaí as part of the investigation.