This is the shocking moment a woman narrowly avoids being run over by a bus as she is shoulder barged into the road in a horrifying assault in central London.
The victim, aged in her 60s, was pushed by a woman who was in the company of two children at the time of the unprovoked attack on Vauxhall Bridge in Pimlico.
She was standing at the traffic lights waiting to cross when the suspect barged her into the road causing her to smash into the passenger doors of the bus.
Detectives investigating the assault released CCTV on Wednesday of the shocking incident, which unfolded shortly after midday on May 29 last year, as they appealed for information.
The victim suffered a cut to her head, grazes and bruising to her ankles, shins and knees in the attack. She was also left “deeply affected emotionally,” police said.
Before the incident, the same woman had barged the victim and engaged with her in a verbal exchange in a Tesco Express in Warwick Way.
Officers released an image of the woman they are trying to trace in connection with the assault.
Detective Constable Samantha Edwards who is leading the investigation said: "This was an unprovoked assault which could have had much more serious consequences.
"A number of enquiries have been undertaken to locate the person responsible.
"If you recognise this woman I would ask you to contact police immediately.
"It goes without saying that he victim has been deeply affected emotionally by this whole incident."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Serious Crime Unit based at Westminster on 101 or tweet @MetCC. You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 if you don't wish to speak to officers directly.
