Police seek driver after hit-and-run collision in Peacehaven

Police are seeking the driver of a car which failed to stop after a collision with a teenage girl in Peacehaven.

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Jan 2018, 15:58 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 23:04 BST

The incident involving the 17-year-old girl happened in South Coast Road, at the junction with Downland Avenue, shortly after 6.30pm on Friday (January 26).

The girl suffered a leg injury for which she was treated at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and discharged on the same evening.

PC Becky Knight, of the Surrey and Sussex Road Policing Unit at Polegate, said: “We have no description of the car or driver at this time.

“Anyone who saw what happened, or who knows who the driver may be, is asked to contact us online or by calling 101, quoting serial 1175 of 26/01.”