A man in his 80s has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury after he was hit by a van.

Police were called to a collision between a pedestrian and a van in St Vedast Street in Norwich at 11.40am on Tuesday, March 22.

The pedestrian was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital with a serious head injury.

His injury is not believed to be life threatening.

The road was closed shortly after the collision but it has now been reopened.

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