A WOMAN has serious injuries after being hit by a car.

The collision happened just before 7.30am this morning in St James’s Street, Walthamstow.

London Ambulance Service were called and took the 38-year-old woman to Whipps Cross Hospital with neck, leg and arm injuries.

The driver of the car was not injured.

The road is closed both ways between the Station Road junction and the South Grove junction. Traffic is being diverted.