A woman was hit by a car in High Wycombe this afternoon and suffered a head injury, prompting the air ambulance to be called.

The woman was hit in Verney Avenue just after 3.30pm today (Friday).

Panicked passers-by called 999 to report that a 42-year-old woman had been hit - and South Central Ambulance Service sent an ambulance and the air ambulance to the scene.

Fortunately the woman was not as badly injured as first thought and after some treatment at the scene, she was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital by road for more treatment on her head injury.