A 19-year-old woman was fighting for her life in hospital this morning after she was knocked down by a van on Brighton seafront.

The teenager was hit by a white Vauxhall Movano van shortly before 11.10pm at the junction of King's Road and West Street.

She was on foot and the van was driving west at the time.

Police closed the road for two hours while they investigated.

The driver of the van, a 33-year-old man living locally, was unhurt. No arrests were made.

The woman, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital by ambulance.

Her condition was described as critical.

Anyone who saw what happened is asked to call Sussex Police on 101, quoting Operation Central, or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk.

 

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