AN elderly woman is fighting for her life in hospital after a serious road crash.
The 79-year-old woman was crossing Carfin Street near to its junction with Bracken Street in New Stevenston, when she was struck by a Volkswagen Golf being driven by a 58-year-old man.
The incident happened at around 6.05pm on Saturday evening.
The injured woman was taken by ambulance to Wishaw General Hospital, then later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where she is being treated for lower body injuries and a head injury.
Hospital staff describe her condition as critical.
The driver of the VW Golf was uninjured.
Sergeant Stewart Dyer from the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Motherwell said: “Enquiries are ongoing into this incident and I would urge any witnesses, or anyone with information that may assist our investigation to contact the Road Policing Unit at Motherwell through 101, quoting reference number 3308 of 3rd February.”
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