UPDATE: Road reopened

Emergency service crews are currently on the scene treating a seriously injured man after he was hit by a van in St Albans this morning.

East of England Ambulance Service were called to Tippendell Lane just before 9am after a man in his 50s was struck by a white Vauxhall van.

An air ambulance has just arrived and police have closed the A405 at the junction with Tippendell Lane.