A 73-year-old woman is hospitalised in critical condition after she was hit by a car in Larnaca, police said on Wednesday.

The accident took place around 11.30am on Tuesday, at Zinonos Kiteos avenue in Livadia. Under circumstances that are being investigated, a car driven by a 64-year-old hit the pensioner who was on foot.

The injured woman was initially transferred to Larnaca General Hospital where she was intubated and transferred to Nicosia General Hospital.

Her attending doctors described her condition as critical.