An eleven year old girl is fighting for her life after being knocked down by a car. 

The youngster was flown by air ambulance to StGeorge's hospital in Tooting after the crash this afternoon. 

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "At 1.45pm on Sunday (10  an 11-year-old local girl and a vehicle were in collision in Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, near the Mayberry Garden Centre. The girl sustained serious injuries and was taken by air ambulance to St Georges Hospital in south London. 

"Nobody else was reported to have been injured in the incident."

Anyone who saw what happened is asked to contact the police via collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting Operation Gloss.