POLICE and ambulance services have been called a collision involving a pedestrian and a red Ford Focus on Colts Lane in Redditch.

The incident happened around 4.25pm and a woman in her 80s has been taken by ambulance to QE Hospital in Birmingham, with injuries that are thought to be potentially life threatening.

The driver of the car is not thought to have been seriously injured.

Road closures are in place on Colts Lane and Dolben Lane, with police advising motorists to avoid the area and seek alternative routes if possible.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is being asked to call police on 101, quoting incident number 563s of 22 November.