A 92-year-old woman was today rushed to hospital after a car reversed into her in Saltdean.

The woman had to be freed by a fire crew from Roedean following the incident in Longridge Avenue at 11.30am. A Roedean firefighter said the lady was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital after she was released from the reversing car.

A Sussex Police spokesman said nobody had been arrested. He added the woman had suffered minor injuries after being involved in a collision with a silver BMW.