An off-duty nurse today (TUES) told how she had to

An off-duty nurse today (TUES) told how she had to leave a man dying in the road because she thought his pal was going to attack her.

Emma Lane rushed to help Lee Sheekey, 28, after he fell under the wheels of a bus in south London.

But as she tried to put the badly-injured victim into the recovery position, his friend started swearing and waving her away.

And she later told police: ‘The man became aggressive and I was afraid he would assault me.

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Miss Lane was on her way home after a night out with her boyfriend and other pals on July 23 last year when she saw the aftermath of the crash.

The Old Bailey has heard how bus driver John Shire, 60, had ‘nudged’ Mr Sheekey and his mates as they crossed St John’s Road in Battersea, in a bid to hurry them up.

It is claimed he allowed the nine-and-a-half tonne double-decker to roll forward, crushing Mr Sheekey under the wheels in front of his horrified brother, before careering into a shop-front further down the road.

But Shire, a bus driver for 21 years, claims he was being attacked by Mr Sheekey’s friends, and that is why he failed to stop.

Miss Lang told the court she saw trouble on the route 337 bus just seconds before it crashed.

She said: ‘I saw a couple of men on the bus, hitting the driver.

The bus kept stopping and starting, and all the time they were hitting him.

‘One man was leaning into the driver’s compartment and punching.

Then it seemed to speed up, and it swerved over and I saw it hit a building.

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Miss Lang said she went to check on the bus driver, before running over to Mr Sheekey who was lying injured in the road.

But she said his friend – who was one of the men throwing punches at the driver – stopped her from giving him first aid.

Dark-haired Miss Lang told the jury: ‘I was trying to help his friend on the floor.

I wanted to turn him over, but the other man was lashing out and telling me not to touch him.

‘He was saying the man was his friend and to leave him alone.

He wouldn’t let me touch the man on the floor.

‘His arms were flailing around, so I didn’t attempt to move the man.

He told me to stay away.

‘He was swearing and telling me to leave his friend alone and not to touch him or move him.

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Miss Lang said she gave up and returned to the bus to help Mr Shire, who was also injured.

Ambulance crews arrived, but Mr Sheekey was pronounced dead at hospital 40 minutes later.

Earlier, one of her friends had told how he realised Mr Shire had been beaten-up as soon as he saw him.

Teacher Adam Stylianou said he got on the bus following the crash, and saw two ‘punky, gothic-type lads’ standing near the driver.

Mr Stylianou said: ‘I saw that the driver had blood coming from his head, and he had blood on his white shirt.

‘His shirt was open halfway, and it was quite obvious he had been attacked and assaulted.

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And Miss Lane’s boyfriend Richard Gooch added: ‘I saw somebody hitting the driver.

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Horrified witness Nicholas Kitten told how Mr Sheekey was dragged along under the wheels as passers-by screamed in terror.

Mr Kitten, from France, said: ‘The man in the blue shirt went down.

He was pushed a few metres.

‘As he fell sparks flew from his belt.

Everybody around me started yelling and screaming.

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Shire, of Stirling Avenue, Grange Farm, Shepperton, Middx, denies causing death by dangerous driving.

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