A TEENAGER has been arrested in connection with a serious collision on Canvey Island which left an elderly woman with potentially life-changing injuries.

The 88 year-old woman was struck by a vehicle, believed to be a motorbike, in Long Road shortly before 9.30pm on December 6.

The vehicle failed to stop at the scene. 

A 19 year-old man was arrested this morning on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

He is currently in police custody.