A five-year-old boy broke his leg after being hit by a car yesterday (Tuesday).

Police are seeking witnesses to the incident on the A2023 Hove Street, Hove, at 1.26pm.

The boy was on foot when he was hit outside The Connaught pub.

He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton for treatment.

Anyone who saw the collision is asked to phone Sussex Police on 101 or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk, quoting serial 653 of 27/5.