North Rhine-Westphalia: 83-year-old hit by bus in Düren

Düren (dpa / lnw) - An 83-year-old was hit by a bus in downtown Düren and critically injured. The pedestrian wanted to cross the street at a traffic light on Thursday morning, but according to current knowledge, a bus driver who was turning at the same time overlooked her and hit her with the vehicle, the police said. The elderly woman fell and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. Traffic was temporarily blocked around the scene of the accident.