An elderly woman was killed following a crash in North Hills, police say.

The incident happened just after 5 p.m. on Searingtown Road.

Police say the 76-year-old victim was in the backseat of a car when it crashed into a telephone pole.

She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The driver of the car and her four-year-old son, who was also in the backseat, both escaped unscathed.