A BULLDOZER driver has gone on a rampage in Jerusalem traffic and ploughed his vehicle into a crowded public bus killing at least three and injuring dozens.

The bulldozer driver, thought to be Palestinian, has since been shot dead.

Dozens of people were seen running through the streets to flee the scene of the attack.

The bus was overturned, many people were left lying dazed on the ground and among them was a baby covered in *lo**, according to reports.

One of those killed is believed to be a woman.

"Terrorist"

 

There is no word on a motive for the attack but Israeli police referred to the attacker as a "terrorist."

The crash happened in front of a building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets.

"I saw the bulldozer smash the car with its shovel. He smashed the guy sitting in the drivers seat," said Yaakov Ashkenazi, an 18-year-old seminary student.

Esther Valencia, a 52-year-old pedestrian, said she barely escaped the carnage.

"He almost hit me. Someone pushed me out of the way at the last moment. It was a miracle that I got out of there."

Eyal Lang Ben-Hur, 16, was in the bus when the driver yelled out, "Get out of the vehicle! Everyone out!" People fled in a panic, he said, and the bus was hit an instant later

The attack occurred in an area where Jerusalem is building a new train system. The project has turned many parts of the city into a big construction zone.

Police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the man was an Arab from east Jerusalem and had a criminal background.

Israels national rescue service said at least 22 people were wounded in the attack, with some 14 people hospitalised.

At one point, a paramedic lowered a screaming baby into an ambulance.

Injured people sat dazed on the ground amid piles of broken glass and *lo** stains on the street. The baby had *lo** all over its face, and the driver of the bulldozer was slumped motionless over the steering wheel.

"Wheres the baby? Wheres the baby?" said one distraught man as he ran from the overturned bus.

Yosef Spielman, who witnessed the attack, said the bulldozer picked up a car "like a toy."

"I was shocked. I saw a guy going crazy," he said. "All the people were running. They had no chance."

At one point, witnesses said police attacked the perpetrator, after which the witnesses said he slumped over with his eyes closed. Then he suddenly lifted himself back up and continued his rampage, the witnesses said.

Hen Shimon, a 19-year-old solider, said the whole scene was a "nightmare."

"I just got off the bus and I saw the tractor driving and knocking everything down in his path," she said.

"Everything he saw he rammed. He had a gun and started shooting at a police officer."