Elderly man fighting for life after being hit by bus carrying passengers

A 72 year-old man is fighting for life after he was hit by a bus while crossing a road in Sydney’s south this morning.

9NEWS was told the man had been dropped off to go to the shops in Botany shortly after 7am, and had been crossing on a green light when he was struck.

The bus was turning onto Botany Road when it collided with the man.

Witnesses who rushed to help the man said he was bleeding heavily from his head and was lying unconscious on the ground.

Police have told 9NEWS the man had just been dropped off by his wife and she was waiting in a car further down the road unaware as to what had just happened behind her.

It is understood the bus driver stopped his vehicle as soon as it happened and let all his passengers off.

Witnesses said he was “inconsolable”.

“He was so shocked. He cried and he was shaking,” a witness said.

Police are talking to the bus driver.

The elderly man was taken to St George Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.