A woman was taken to hospital after being hit by a van in a Sainsbury's car park this morning.

Paramedics were called to the scene in Torrington Drive, Debden at 11.45am following reports of a woman in her 40s being hit by a van as it reversed.

The woman was treated at the scene before being taken with an arm injury to Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone.

Her condition is not thought to be serious.