A WITNESS appeal has been made after a 73-year-old man was hit by a car.

The crash involved the pedestrian and a Mini Cooper near The Co-Op Food shop in Wickford High Street shortly before 12.25pm on Wednesday.

The pedestrian was taken to hospital with cuts. The driver was reported for careless driving.

A spokesman for Essex Police said; "We’d like to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw what happened."

Call Sgt Mark Ammon in Chigwell roads policing unit on 101 quoting incident 497 of July 17.