Police have closed several roads on Wellingborough’s Queensway estate today (Thursday) following a collision.

There are at least six police vehicles, including some unmarked cars, at the Sassoon Road and Shelley Road turn with a cordon in place.

Eyewitnesses have also reported seeing the air ambulance in the area, but it is not yet known if this is related to the police presence.

A police spokesman told the Northants Telegraph: “We are investigating a collision between a pedestrian and the driver of a car, which occurred at about 9.05am today (December 11), at the junction of Shelley Road and Sassoon Close, Wellingborough.

"The pedestrian has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.”