A man is fighting for his life after a crash involving a van outside Woolwich Arsenal station this morning.
Woolwich New Road and Vincent Road have been closed since the accident but were re-opened at 2.30pm.
Credit - Dean Bresnahan
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Thirteen buses are currently on diversion as emergency services deal with the incident.
⛔ DIVERSION ⛔ Routes 51 53 54 96 99 161 177 180 244 291 380 386 and 469 are diverted due to a collision on Woolwich New Road. Most services are diverting via Woolwich New Road and either Grand Depot Road and Nightingale Road, or Beresford Street and Woolwich High Street.
— TfL Bus Alerts (@TfLBusAlerts) August 1, 2019
Officers were called at 7.30am to reports a man had been hit by a van.
The pedestrian has been taken to an east London hospital with possible life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the van stopped at the scene.
A spokeswoman from London Ambulance Service said: "
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 7:41am today to reports of a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian on Woolwich New Road.
"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.
Local road closures are in place while emergency services deal.
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