Three taken to hospital after multi-vehicle collision on A259 in East Sussex
Three people were taken to hospital, after a collision on the A259 in Hove – with firefighters joining the emergency response.
Traffic sources reported that A259 Kingsway was partially blocked – both ways near A2023 Hove Street – due to a ‘rolled-over vehicle’.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service confirmed crews were called – at 2.50pm, on Tuesday, July 28 – to ‘reports of a car overturning’.
"We attended the scene on Kingsway and found that three vehicles had collided,” a fire service spokesperson said.
“One person was released from a car by firefighters and handed into the care of SECAmb.”
Sussex Police also attended to manage road closures.
A SECAmb statement read: “South East Coast Ambulance Service was called to reports of a multi-vehicle road traffic collision, on the A259, Kingsway shortly before 15.00.
"Ambulance crews and a critical care paramedic attended, assessed, and treated three patients at the scene before taking them to Royal Sussex County Hospital for further treatment.”
To see a full round-up of traffic incidents, from across Sussex, visit: https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/transport/evening-traffic-delays-across-sussex-as-rolled-over-vehicle-and-traffic-signal-failure-reported-8826787