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.

This is the moment a pedestrian was knocked into the path of an oncoming bus by a jogger

A spokesman said: 'We can confirm that we have received a good response from the appeal and are following a number of lines of enquiry.

'We are still keen to hear from anyone who has information who has not yet come forward.'

Police also said the bus stopped and passengers tended to the woman - who received minor injuries - following the incident during rush hour, at around 7.40am on May 5.

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 was running across Putney Bridge in west London when he barged into the woman

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.

He said: 'The driver was doing 12mph which is why it is not as serious as it could have been.

The jogger was 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.

She fell onto the concrete separating the pavement from the bus lane and narrowly avoided 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

'The CCTV is from two buses the one which swerved and the one in front, they were both doing the 430 route.'

While the driver's colleagues have called for him to be awarded for his quick reactions.

One bus driver, who asked not to be named, said: 'This guy is a hero, a lot of us get a bad reputation for causing accidents but this shows why we are professionals.

'He saved this woman's life and he should be given a medal or something, thank god he wasn't checking his mirrors or not paying attention.

'It's thanks to this driver that she is alive, otherwise it would be a very different story.'