AN elderly woman has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car.

Paramedics were called to East Hill, at the junction with Priory Street, at 11.43am this morning.

They treated a woman, who is believed to be in her 80s, for a head injury.

She was taken to Colchester General Hospital at about 12.30pm.

The road was completely blocked while the emergency services dealt with the incident, but it is now clear.