A PENSIONER has been seriously injured after being knocked down by a car.

The 81-year-old woman, from Eastbourne, was hit by a white Citroen DS3 on the A259 Buckle by-pass at Seaford.

The accident happened around 6.30pm on Monday near the by-pass's junction with Beacon Road.

It led to the A259 being closed to traffic for around three hours while the incident was dealt with.

The victim was taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, for treatment.

The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old man from Seaford, was uninjured.

Witnesses or anyone with information is asked contact Sussex Police using the eform at sussex.police.uk/contact-us/response-to-appeal/ or call 101, quoting Operation Chatsworth.