A 74-year-old woman has died after being struck by a bus in the Sydney CBD.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Elizabeth and Goulburn Streets around 4.35pm on Wednesday.

The woman was treated at the scene before being rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital, where she sadly died that evening.

The male bus driver, also 74-years-old, was taken to Sydney Hospital for mandatory testing.

Officers from Sydney City Police Area Command established a crime scene that was examined by specialist officers from the Crash Investigation Unit.

The bus driver has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death-drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death) and not give way to pedestrian (right turn).

He has been granted condition bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday 11 January 2023.

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His driver’s licence has been suspended.

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