Police are closing in on the jogger who pushed a woman in front of a bus on Putney Bridge as responses flood into a public appeal.

Officers are following a number of lines of inquiry in their hunt, after releasing shocking CCTV footage of the man barging into the 33-year-old pedestrian.

The woman was lucky to escape serious injury after a bus driver swerved to avoid her on the bridge in south west london 

Today, the Metropolitan Police said that officers had received a 'good response' after calling for information on the incident. Police are closing in on the jogger who pushed a woman in front of a bus on Putney Bridge as responses flood into a public appeal.

Officers are following a number of lines of inquiry in their hunt, after releasing shocking CCTV footage of the man barging into the 33-year-old pedestrian.

The woman was lucky to escape serious injury after a bus driver swerved to avoid her on the bridge in south west london 

Today, the Metropolitan Police said that officers had received a 'good response' after calling for information on the incident. Officers also claimed the jogger ran the other way across the bridge around 15 minutes later and the victim attempted to speak to him, but 'he did not acknowledge her'.

The jogger is described as a white man, aged early to mid 30s, with brown eyes and short brown hair. He was wearing a light grey t-shirt and dark blue shorts.

Speaking earlier this week, sergeant Mat Knowles said: 'After he pushed her he ran across the bridge and 15 minutes later came back. 'By this time the members of the public who had helped the woman were gone and she tried to talk to him as he ran past her but he just ignored her.

'We believe he is from the Fulham area and she is from Putney.' 

'We are keen to speak to the jogger in the CCTV about what happened that morning. We would urge him or anyone who recognises him to get in touch with us as soon as possible.' 

A senior source from the bus company Go Ahead London said it was only down to the slow speed of the vehicle that the accident did not result in serious injury. 'It is just shocking, the entire top half of this woman was in the road very close to the bus's front tyres and this man just ran off.