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Woman dies after being hit by a bus on busy high street

Eleven bus routes were diverted after the road was closed

A WOMAN has died after being hit by a bus on a busy high street.

Cops were called to Tooting High Street in south London at 12.15pm on Friday after the woman, 77, was hit by a 131 bus.

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The woman was hit by a 131 bus on Tooting High StreetCredit: Christopher Jackson/BPM

Paramedics including an air ambulance had been scrambled to the scene minutes earlier.

They took the elderly woman to a major trauma centre as a priority case.

She died from her injuries on Saturday - with cops now appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Eleven bus routes were diverted after the road was closed in both directions for the rest of the day.

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The Met is now appealing for witnesses or drivers with dashcam to get in touch by calling 101 quoting 3044/3NOV.

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