A woman, believed to be in her 70s, suffered a minor head injury after she was involved in a collision with a car close to Lowestoft town centre.

Police, along with a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance crew from the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, were called out at 12.15pm yesterday (Thursday) following reports of a collision between a car and a pedestrian.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: 'We attended following a call at 12.14pm to the junction of Gordon Road and London Road North, Lowestoft, to a report of a collision between a car and pedestrian.

'They treated a woman, believed to be in her 70s, who suffered a minor head injury and was taken to the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston as a precaution

.'

A police spokesman said the collision happened opposite Picture Studios in Lowestoft town centre.