AN ELDERLY woman collapsed while waiting for a bus in Chester.

The woman, thought to be in her 80s, fell to the ground at the bus stop on Whitchurch Road, near Belgrave Road, Chester.

Passengers cared for her on board the bus until an ambulance and paramedic arrived at the scene at around 10.30am.

The woman, who passengers say lives alone in Toll Bar Road, was given oxygen and taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital.