A man was taken to a major trauma centre following a crash in Cubitt Town last night.

London Ambulance Service (LAS) was called to Limeharbour Road yesterday evening - February 15 - to reports of a "road traffic collision involving a pedestrian".

Eyewitnesses report the road being closed by police for several hours.

The ambulance service said it was called at 5.51pm, and treated a man at the scene for leg injuries.

He was then taken to hospital, specifically a major trauma centre.

A LAS spokesperson confirmed: "We sent an ambulance crew, members of our hazardous area response team and an incident response officer.

"We also dispatched London's Air Ambulance."