A woman in her 40s has been airlifted to hospital after being involved in a car crash.

Ilford Recorder: The patient was taken away by air ambulanceThe patient was taken away by air ambulance (Image: Archant)

London Ambulance Service said they were called to reports of a road traffic collision between a car and a pedestrian just after 10am this morning.

It is believed the incident happened in High Road, Goodmayes.

The woman was taken to Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel with pelvic and leg injuries.

A cordon is in place in the High Road at the junction of Barley Lane and Goodmayes Road and the number 86 bus is being diverted.