An elderly woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after a serious road accident involving a bus.
The 75-year-old suffered serious head and chest injuries after the accident on Stockton High Street this afternoon.
She is the third person to be involved in an accident with a bus on the High Street - which is undergoing major redevelopment - in less than three months.
This latest accident happened at 1.37pm outside the British Heart Foundation shop.
The Great North Air Ambulance attended the incident alongside ambulance crews and Cleveland Police.
A GNAA spokesman said: “The trauma team from the helicopter worked with road medics to assess, treat and stabilise the patient before she was taken to the major trauma centre at James Cook hospital by road (due to the incident being a relatively short distance from the hospital)”
GNAA said the nature of the injuries were “critical/life-threatening”.
On arrival at hospital, the woman’s condition was described as “critical but stable”.
Adam Harding works in the British Heart Foundation shop. He went to the woman’s aid and called emergency services.
The 20-year-old, from Billingham, said: “I was standing outside the shop on my lunch break when I heard a thump, it was really loud.
“I turned around to see what had happened and saw a lady on the floor.
“I was one of the first to go over to her so I rang the paramedics.
“As I was on the phone a police car with its lights on went to drive past, so me and another man flagged it down and one of my colleagues went back to the shop to get some sheets to help make her comfortable.
“I am a trained first aider and I just hope that my actions helped her and that she is OK.”
Amanda Bowels, 24, from Acklam, works in Costa Coffee and witnessed the aftermath of the accident.
She said: “She is the third person to get knocked down here.
“The area is very confusing as there are two lanes you can go down.
“The roads are fine but nothing is signed well enough.”
Her colleague, Adam Just, 22, from Stockton, added: “It’s like being abroad when you are trying to cross, you have to look the other way.”
The air ambulance left the High Street at 2.25pm.
The road was closed while police collision investigators examined and photographed the Arriva bus involved.
The High Street reopened at about 3.30pm.
The incident is third involving a female pedestrian and a bus on Stockton High Street in less than three months.
Kelly Marie Evis, 28, died in hospital 15 days after being hit by a bus on Stockton high street on Monday, September 15.
Hannah Baxter, 32, from Thornaby , sustained multiple injuries after being knocked down by an at the spot known as Maxwell’s Corner on October 21.
Stockton Council declined to comment on the frequency of the accidents.
A spokesman said: “It would be inappropriate to comment at this time.”
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