A WOMAN “flew through the air like a rag doll” after being hit by a car as she crossed the A127, according to a witness.

The woman, aged in her 60s, was crossing Progress Road, Eastwood, just before 7am yesterday when she was hit by a white Ford Kuga.

Thankfully, the woman did not suffer life threatening, or life changing injuries, but she was rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

Witness Phil Endell, 48, who lives in Eastwood, said she crossed when the lights were red for pedestrians, but green for cars.

Mr Endell, who was driving to work in Brentwood, said: “She decided to take a risk and ran for it.

“It was only 6.55am so the roads weren’t that busy, but there was a stream of cars.

“She just ran out.

“A green Fiesta nearly hit her first, then she got to the filter lane and kept going.

“The Kuga driver must have seen her as the driver was braking.

“I reckon he was doing about 10 to 15 miles per hour when he hit her, so it was slow speed.

“She was flung about 10 feet into the air though.

“People always say that they are flung across the road like a rag doll when they are hit by a car, and that is what is looked like.

“I don’t think she was too badly injured as she sat up straight away.”

He added that the driver stopped and got out to help.

Mr Endell added: “Everyone is in a rush, but it only takes a couple of seconds to wait for the lights to change.

“It is going to make the driver nervous when he drives past people on the side of the road.”

A police spokesman confirmed a woman in her 60s was taken to hospital with injuries which were not too serious.

He added: “No arrests have been made and we are not looking to speak to anyone else in connection with this incident.”

The road was closed while ambulances and police attended the scene and the lane was briefly cordoned off.

This caused gridlock on surrounding roads across Southend.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said: “We were called to reports of a road traffic collision on Progress Road, Eastwood.

“Two ambulances attended to crash scene to treat one patient, a female, who was taken to Southend Hospital for further treatment.”