A woman was thrown under a parked bus after being hit by a car on a main road in Bristol.

The woman, who is believed to live locally and be aged 42, was hit by a car travelling along the A420 Clouds Hill Road in St George towards Kingswood shortly before 2pm yesterday.

She was treated for a facial injury and suspected concussion and transferred to Frenchay Hospital for further assessment.

Rinku Gupta, 31, whose family own the Maid Marion off-licence outside which the incident happened, did not see the collision but said he had viewed it on footage recorded by CCTV cameras mounted outside the shop.

Mr Gupta said the woman was a regular he knew as Karen.

He said: "A bus was parked, facing away from the city centre, on the other side of the road. Karen was crossing behind the bus but as she crossed she was hit by a car going in the same direction.

"She was then thrown underneath the bus, and landed between its back wheels. It was quite a scary situation."

Great Western Ambulance Service paramedic Chris Hewett said: "The first ambulance practitioner to arrive described the initial scene as chaotic.

"All she could see was the legs of the patient sticking out from under the bus, surrounded by a crowd of bystanders, some of whom were screaming.

"Our ambulance team used an orthopaedic scoop stretcher to slide the patient out from under the bus."

The road was closed for 45 minutes after the incident.