Teenager injured in hit and run collision

3:00pm Sunday 15th July 2012 in News

A teenager was seriously hurt after being hit by a car shortly after he left a party.

The accident happened outside the May Garland pub in Chiddingly Road, Horam early this morning.

The driver of the light coloured 4x4 style vehicle stopped, got out and looked at the injured boy but drove off before emergency services arrived.

The 17-year-old was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

Police say he had left a party at a nearby house shortly before the collision at 3.15am.

Sergeant Dan Pitcher of the Sussex Police Road Policing Unit said: "We are keen to speak with the driver of the vehicle or anyone who may have witnessed the collision.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Sussex Police on 101.

Comments(6)

John Steed says...
5:13pm Sun 15 Jul 12

good job he wasnt seriously injured, taken to rsch brighton, whats wrong with eastbourne general 10 minutes down the road instead of brighton 20-25 minutes away even the conquest in hastings is probaly closer

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davyboy says...
5:53pm Sun 15 Jul 12

depends on his injuries, and the availability of staff/beds

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mimseycal says...
6:30pm Sun 15 Jul 12

Wishing you a speedy recovery ... as for the hit and run driver ... Hand yourself in! Panic may have caused you to leave the scene but don't make it worse.

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sussexram40 says...
7:34pm Sun 15 Jul 12

Another alcohol related injury no doubt. Sad.

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sussexram40 says...
7:37pm Sun 15 Jul 12

Perhaps the driver didn't hang around because he had been drinking and couldn't wait for the Police to arrive with the inevitable breathalyser. I tend to think that people who are out and about at 3.15am are likely to have been indulging. If this is the 24 hour society then I'm quite happy to not be a part of it and to be safely in my bed at 11pm.

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kemptownmassive says...
10:11am Mon 16 Jul 12

John Steed says...
5:13pm Sun 15 Jul 12

good job he wasnt seriously injured, taken to rsch brighton, whats wrong with eastbourne general 10 minutes down the road instead of brighton 20-25 minutes away even the conquest in hastings is probaly closer.

They brought him to the RSCH at brighton as it's now the major trauma centre for the region. It means every speciality is on site in one hospital incase it's needed. Smaller hospitals like Eastbourne do not have every speciality on site hence once proper diagnostic tests had been carried out if it were found that an intervention was needed it could be carried out asap rather than awaiting transfer to another site.

A good decision I think.

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