Teenager fights for life after Brighton seafront crash

10:02am Tuesday 1st January 2013 in News By Ben Parsons

A 19-year-old woman was fighting for her life in hospital this morning after she was knocked down by a van on Brighton seafront.

The teenager was hit by a white Vauxhall Movano van shortly before 11.10pm at the junction of King's Road and West Street.

She was on foot and the van was driving west at the time.

Police closed the road for two hours while they investigated.

The driver of the van, a 33-year-old man living locally, was unhurt. No arrests were made.

The woman, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital by ambulance.

Her condition was described as critical.

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

 

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Comments(14)

Para15 says...
12:29pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Not a great start to the year for the family of this poor girl, can't believe the amount of people who just stood and watched taking pictures! Hope she keeps fighting and makes a recovery

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yourallnuts says...
12:56pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Firstly I hope this girl makes a full recovery and my thoughts are with her and her family.
I don't know the facts on this incident but this is a terrible spot where I often see drunken revellers playing chicken with cars when crossing between the bottom of west street and the seafront.

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getThisCoalitionOut says...
1:23pm Tue 1 Jan 13

So many people are getting knocked over here - what's going on? Something needs to be done or these youngsters need to learn to drink less.

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Sussexrob says...
3:59pm Tue 1 Jan 13

We drove past a few minutes before it happened, drove round the block and saw her laying in the road attended by the emergency services. So so hope she makes a full recovery and the rest of her year goes well. Robbiex

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Wollybird88 says...
4:09pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Hope this poor girl makes a full recovery! I was driving past the scene last night and it was heartbreaking to see! xx

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wippasnapper says...
4:35pm Tue 1 Jan 13

getThisCoalitionOut wrote:
So many people are getting knocked over here - what's going on? Something needs to be done or these youngsters need to learn to drink less.
Prosily… probably drink related plus most people seem to think they can cross the road without using a crossing I feel sorry for the van driver he must be feeling devastated.

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Para15 says...
4:47pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Unfortunately this is the case at this crossing point! This is the 4th time in the last month that whilst working I have attended an accident which has involved a young drinker coming out of West Street and getting hit.

But who's responsibility is it to ensure this doesn't happen? Certainly not the Security, Police or Amburlance crews that attended last night

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posthuman says...
7:43pm Tue 1 Jan 13

Why there's a dual carriage-way on a busy public space/Beach-front, I'll never know...

Heart goes out to the teenager involved.

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ruberducker says...
12:45pm Wed 2 Jan 13

roads are for cars not people,at the bottom of west street there is a tunnel-walk-way witch comes out on the prom,there are pedestrian lights to cross on...if you dont take caution when crossing the ROAD and using the safe options, then expect a trip to a&e.

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Rita Snatch says...
1:30pm Wed 2 Jan 13

ruberducker wrote:
roads are for cars not people,at the bottom of west street there is a tunnel-walk-way witch comes out on the prom,there are pedestrian lights to cross on...if you dont take caution when crossing the ROAD and using the safe options, then expect a trip to a&e.
That 'tunnel-walk-way' .. 'WHICH' goes under the A259 Kings Road has been closed off for years!!!!

I believe that it was closed to stop all the drug dealing that was occurring there.

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Para15 says...
7:53pm Sun 6 Jan 13

Is there any news if this girl survived as I haven't seen any updates on the news

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CDoherty says...
9:22pm Sun 6 Jan 13

She is still fighting for her life.
In this instance drink was not involved however that should not be an issue, as a driver would one not expect that on New Years Eve in the final hour that there may be a few people out and about celebrating?
Surely any pedestrians would be a potential hazard and extra caution would be required.
This should have been at worst nothing more than a bump.

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Para15 says...
12:03am Sat 12 Jan 13

How do you know drink wasn't involved?

Are you saying the lady was not drunk or was not holding a bottle of booze when she stepped into the road?

I can understand your point of extra caution by drivers however..... The road is the road and the lights were green, the car had the right of way.

Unfortunately the car would have been having to have been doing 10mph or less for there to have only been a bump.... And that just isn't the case along that road!

It's a real shame the paper don't follow this kind of story up to its conclusion !

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OhIdoliketobebeside says...
4:35pm Sun 13 Jan 13

I am very distantly linked to this poor girl, and I have to tell you that the latest I heard was that she was brain dead and doctors were recommending life support was switched off. Very very sad.

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