'Motorists were injured' - Bus involved in incident outside Sussex railway station; road blocked

Sussex Police said it joined the emergency response, after a collision ‘involving a bus and 12 stationary cars’, in Portslade.

The incident was reported on Station Road, at about 2pm on Tuesday (September 1), police said.

A spokesperson added: “Three motorists were injured. A woman was taken to hospital to be treated while two men were treated at the scene.

“The bus is believed to have collided with a car, before colliding with parked cars, in Portslade railway station car park.

“Police are appealing for witnesses, and anyone with dashcam footage, to email [email protected], quoting serial 697 of 1/9.”

Police officers were assisted by ambulance and fire crews at the scene.

A spokesperson for East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service said: “We were called at 2.02pm to reports of a road traffic collision involving a bus and a number of vehicles at Portslade Railway Station.

"Four fire appliances were in attendance from Hove, Preston Circus and the technical rescue units from Battle and Lewes.

“Crews assisted emergency services and worked to make the area safe, leaving the scene by 3.26pm.”

The South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed that critical care paramedics attended.

A spokesperson added: “Five patients were assessed and treated at the scene. One patient was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital for further treatment and four patients were discharged from our care at scene.”

Matt Ashton, managing director for Brighton & Hove Buses, confirmed an ‘incident occurred today’ with a bus on the route 46 and is ‘currently being investigated’.

A road closure was put in place after the incident.

An AA Traffic News update read: “Road blocked and queueing traffic due to crash, bus involved on B2194 Boundary Road both ways from Vale Road to Portslade Train Station.”

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