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Elderly woman ‘critical’ after being hit by bus in Leytonstone

A woman in her 70s was hit by a bus in Church Lane on Thursday afternoon. She remains in a critical condition

Church Lane, Leytonstone, Credit: Google Streetview

A woman in her 70s is in a critical condition after she was hit by a bus in Church Lane, Leytonstone, on Thursday afternoon (24th October).


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Police were called at around 2.25pm to reports of a collision involving a bus and a pedestrian.

Metropolitan Police officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene, where they found the woman. Paramedics took her to hospital where she remains in a critical condition.

There have not been any arrests made, and police are continuing to make enquiries into the incident.

Anyone with information that could assist police is asked to call 101 or ‘X’ @MetCC and quote CAD4215/24Oct


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