A man is in critical condition after being hit by a car in a busy Greenwich road this evening.
Police have closed off Creek Road following the incident which occurred at around 4pm.
A Met spokesman said: "Police were called by the London Ambulance Service on July 23 at around 4pm to a report of a car in collision with a pedestrian in Creek Road, SE8.
"The emergency services attended and found the pedestrian, a man injured.
"His injuries are being treated as life threatening.
"The car stopped at the scene.
"Officers remain on scene and enquiries continue."
A spokeswoman for the LAS has said: "
“We were called at 3:53pm today (July 23) to reports of a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian on Creek Road in Greenwich.
"We sent two ambulance crews, a medic in a car and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London's Air Ambulance.
"We treated a person at the scene for a head injury and took them to a major trauma centre by road."
Avoid Creek Road in Deptford/Greenwich. Standstill traffic in both directions pic.twitter.com/bj7gFSMgnF
— Nikul Mehta (@Nikk_M) 23 July 2019
Greenwich West MPS tweeted earlier that a "serious" RTC has occurred and are advising drivers to slow down on approach.
Serious Road Traffic Accident in Creek Road. Road is closed and traffic will be busy around Greenwich. Sadly it takes this to slow the traffic down. WATCH your speed 🚗🏍️🛵🚲 2754SE
— GreenwichWest Police (@MPSGreenwichWst) 23 July 2019
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