Gardaí in Irishtown, Dublin, have appealed for witnesses to a road rage incident after a man involved died yesterday.
Raymond Bates (49), who suffered head injuries on Sunday, died at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin last night. He was being treated for injuries he sustained when he was beaten over the head with a weapon, believed to be a hurley.
The man was involved in a dispute with another driver at the junction of Tritonville Road, Sandymount Road, and Newbridge Avenue in Dublin at about 7.30pm.
In particular, gardaí are seeking to talk to anyone who may have been aboard the Number 2 bus at approximately 7.25pm on Sunday 26th September and may have witnessed the incident to contact Gardai in Irishtown on 01-6669600.
A postmortem will be carried out tomorrow.
The victim was from England and had been working in Dublin for a number of months.
It is unclear how or why the dispute arose but it is believed to have begun when one of the motorists became angry at the manner in which the other man was driving his car.
Gardaí believe the man got out of his vehicle and attacked the other motorist before driving off.
A number of people witnessed the attack and, while the suspect in the case drove off, gardaí have since learned his identity and he has been traced.