A PENSIONER has been airflifted to hospital after being run over on Old Mill Lane earlier today.

Emergency services were called at around 12.45pm this afternoon (Monday July 18) to reports of a collision between a Ford Focus and a pedestrian, a man believed to be in his 70s.

The man was taken to hospital, where the severity of his injuries are being fully assessed.

Anyone with information should call 101 quoting incident number 550 of 18 July 2016.