A woman in her 90s has died after being hit by a Mark & Spencer lorry in Catford on Saturday. No arrests have been made.
Emergency services were called to the scene of a reported road traffic collision near Catford railway station, at the junction of Thomas’ Lane and Catford Road, at 9.15 am.
The woman, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her next of kin have been informed.
A spokeswoman for the London Ambulance Service said: “We sent a single responder in a car, two ambulance crews and a duty officer to the scene.
“Sadly, one patient – a female – was pronounced dead at the scene.”
The lorry driver, a man in his 60, was taken to a hospital in south London, where he was treated for shock and later discharged, police have said.
The Metropolitan Police’s Road Death Investigation Unit will now carry out an investigation into the incident.