THREE people were taken to hospital after a crash between a blue Fiat Punto and a red Ford Fiesta.

Emergency services were called to the A259 Pevensey Bay Road at Eastbourne, close to its junction with Kingsmere Way at 8.33am on Tuesday.

Firefighters freed one of those involved - a 30-year-old woman from Eastbourne - who sustained slight injuries, for which she was treated at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

The driver of the Ford Fiesta, an 18-year-old man, and passenger, a 19-year-old woman, both from Eastbourne, were taken to Eastbourne DGH for treatment to minor injuries, and later allowed home.

The westbound A259 was blocked by the collision and eventually re-opening at 10.23am.