Woman trapped underneath lorry after accident on busy Aberdeen road

A pensioner is in hospital with serious injuries after being freed from underneath a lorry that hit her on a busy Aberdeen street this morning.

Wellington Road in Aberdeen was closed in both directions after the 81-year-old woman was hit at around 10.10am on Monday.

Police kept the road closed for several hours as they carried out investigations following the incident.

A police spokeswoman said: “We were called at about 10.10am to Wellington Road at Lidl.

“A woman was trapped underneath a truck.Wellington Road was shut and northbound traffic has been diverted on to Abbotswell Road.”