UPDATE: Generator fall '˜seriously injures' two pedestrians in Etchingham

Two pedestrians were injured after a generator fell off a truck in Etchingham SUS-160808-133045001

Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to A265 High Street, near the level crossing, at around 6.55am.

A woman suffered a serious head injury and a man also has serious injuries, according to police.

The lorry driver is unhurt.

The road was closed eastbound at Oxenbridge Lane and the level crossing is closed.

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