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A woman has died after being hit by a car while reportedly standing on a traffic island in east London.
The pedestrian, in her 30s, was struck by a white Range Rover Sport, in Commercial Road, Limehouse, just before 11.30pm on Thursday.
It is believed she was standing on a traffic island in the middle of the busy road when she was hit.
Metropolitan Police officers and crews from London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance rushed to the scene but the woman was pronounced dead at midnight.
A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
He is being held at an east London hospital.
A Met Police spokesman said: “Next of kin have been informed. Formal identification is yet to take place.
“A post-mortem examination will be scheduled in due course.”
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to the crash to come forward.
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