A woman has been hospitalised following a collision with a lorry this morning.
The accident involving the female pedestrian happened in Whipps Cross Road at around 11am.
Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 11am and treated a 38 year-old woman for a head injury.
She has been taken to the major trauma unit at Royal London Hospital as a priority.
Whipps Cross Road was closed in both directions between Lea Bridge Road and the Green Man Roundabout for over two hours.
It has just been re-opened but delays are expected in the area.
Traffic officers are preparing to leave the scene.
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