News | LondonPeckham crash: Woman in 80s seriously injured after being hit by double-decker busEmergency: Police have closed the roadMetropolitan PoliceTom Marshall30 October 2015A woman in her 80s has been hit by a double-decker bus in south London.The woman suffered "serious" injuries in the collision in Rye Lane, Peckham, just before 3.30pm, police said.She was treated at the scene before being taken as a priority to the major trauma centre at King's College Hospital.London's air ambulance was called and landed nearby, before the woman was taken to hospital by road.A route 63 bus was involved in the accident.A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "We were called at 3.26pm to what appears to be a collision between a bus and an elderly female pedestrian. Air ambulance: The helicopter landed in a nearby park Benjamin Hoskins @trevorslemons"LAS and London's air ambulance attended and the elderly female was taken to a south London hospital."Officers from Southwark remain on scene and local road closures are in place."Read MoreWoman dies after being hit by a lorry in PeckhamMan in critical condition in hospital after taking legal high 'Spice'Ambitious plans for London's own 'High Line' park move closerRye Lane is closed in both directions and several buses have been diverted.A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said: "We sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance. "We treated a woman reported to be in her 80s. "She was taken as a priority to Kings College Hospital, a major trauma centre, by road ambulance escorted by the doctor from London's Air Ambulance."This page is being updated.MORE ABOUTPeckhamScotland Yard
