Two people were left seriously injured after a three-vehicle collision yesterday near Pevensey, near Eastbourne.

The crash, which happened at shortly before 3pm, closed the A259 between Pevensey and the B2095 Hooe road for four hours 

A man, 50, and a woman, 30, each suffered broken collar bones.

The man also sustained knee and eye injuries. He was the driver of a white Vauxhall van and was taken by ambulance to the Conquest Hospital, St Leonards.

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After being freed by firefighters, the woman was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

Her two daughters, aged nine and seven, suffered minor injuries. All three were passengers in a Ford Fiesta driven by a 29-year-old man.

Also involved in the collision was a white Citroen Berlingo van whose driver, a 61-year-old man, was uninjured.

Anyone who saw what happened is asked to phone Sussex Police on 101 or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk, quoting Operation Louisiana.