Bad weather causes fatal Sussex collisions

A motorist injured in a crash died after an ambulance taking him off to hospital exited the road and hit bushes in poor weather conditions.

A policeman was driving as paramedics were treating a seriously injured man when his car smashed into a highway vehicle in East Sussex. While the officer was transporting them to hospital, the car left the road and then hit a bush on top of Standard Hill, Ninfield. Immediately, two helicopters attended the scene where the second collision occurred, but weren’t quick enough as the man died.

The first accident happened before 1430 GMT once the mini-driving man came into collision with the highway vehicle on A271 Boreham Street, close to Herstmonceux. The aforementioned police officer then drove an ambulance as two paramedics attempted to treat the men that suffered life-threatening injuries. Around twenty minutes after, the vehicle unfortunately crashed into bushes due to poor weather and an ambulance crew member had to be treated in hospital for thankfully minor injuries.

The helicopter, from Sussex Police, and Kent Air’s Ambulance were present at the scene of the accident but the man in question, from Horam, had been pronounced dead. In response to some public outcry, a police spokesman explained how it was completely normal for police officers to get behind the wheel of ambulances in case of a medical emergency and that all those currently serving in constabularies across the country had received the correct training.