Queensbury crash: Pensioner fighting for life after being hit by car while out walking

A pensioner is fighting for life in hospital after she was hit by a car while walking in north-west London.

The woman, believed to be in her 80s, was struck in Honeypot Lane, Queensbury, near the junction with Ruskin Gardens.

Emergency services were called just after 5.20pm on Friday to reports of the collision, with paramedics from London’s Air Ambulance landing nearby.

The stricken woman was rushed to a central London hospital where she is in a critical condition.

Police said the car driver stopped at the scene but had not been arrested.

Detectives from the Met's Roads and Transport Policing Command are investigating the crash.

Anyone with information should call the witness appeal line on 020 8991 9555 or police non-emergency line on 101.