Female cyclist fighting for life after being hit by van in Southwark

Critical condition: A woman is fighting for life after being hit by a van in Southwark
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Fiona Simpson8 December 2016

A female cyclist is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by van in Southwark.

The woman, whose age is not yet known, was rushed to an east London hospital after being struck in Southwark Bridge Road just after 11am on Thursday.

She remains in a critical condition with life-changing injuries, police said.

Images posted on social media showed a police cordon around a white van.

Roads were taped-off for more than three hours following the crash.

A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: “Officers, London Ambulance Service and London Air Ambulance attended the scene.

“The female cyclist was taken to an east-London hospital where she remains in a critical condition with injuries believed to be life-changing.

“The driver stopped at the scene.

“Local roads remain closed to traffic.

“Enquiries continue. There have been no arrests.”

A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service added: “We were called at 11.11am today to reports of a road traffic collision at Southwark Bridge Road.

“We sent an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and a motorcycle paramedic to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated a patient at the scene for a pelvic injury and took them as a priority to a major trauma centre."

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