Two women rushed to hospital after pedestrian accident

Two women have been rushed to hospital by the ACT Ambulance Service after an accident on Commonwealth Avenue this afternoon.

Two intensive care paramedic crews responded to the pedestrians on the southbound lanes of the road.

Both were stablised on scene. One elderly woman was transported to the Canberra Hospital with pelvic injuries in a serious condition and the other woman, believed in her 30's, with lower leg and abdominal injuries in a stable condition.