Police appealing for witnesses to Wilmington RTC

Police are appealing for witnesses after three vehicles were involved in a collision closing the A27 at Wilmington for three hours today (Monday 6 February). 

 

The incident happened at 10.50am on the A27 at the Wilmington crossroads involving a Citreon Belingo van driven by a 47-year-old-man from Seaford, a Mazda RX8 driven by a man aged 22 from Eastbourne and a Renault Magan van driven by a 62-year-old man from Portsmouth.

 

The drivers of the Mazda and Renault were trapped in their vehicles followng the collsion and the road had to be closed in both directions for three hours to allow emergency services to release and treat the drivers. They were both taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with serious but not life threatening injuries. The Citreon driver was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital with minor injuries.