A woman has been seriously injured after being hit by a car.

The woman, who has not been named, was struck by a black Hyundai in Best Street, Chatham, at about 12.45pm today.

The Kent Air Ambulance and land ambulance were called to the scene with police, and the air ambulance landed on Jacksons Field, in Rochester.

The air ambulance but was not used in the end as the woman was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital by South East Coast Ambulance Service.

The woman, in her 40s, suffered serious injuries which could be life-treatening.

Best Street and nearby Railway Street, close to the Tap N Tin pub were closed and a diversion has been put in place.

Nobody else was hurt.