A MAN has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into a tree.

Emergency Services were called to Upper Park Road, Hastings. at around 7.15pm on Sunday after a silver Peugeot vehicle left the road and hit a tree.

The driver, a 51-year-old local man, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with serious injuries, police said.

Three passengers were also taken to the Conquest Hospital in Hastings for treatment, one with serious injuries and two with minor injuries.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision and would like to speak to anyone who may have seen the vehicle driving in the area beforehand.

They would particularly like to hear from anyone who may have captured any relevant dash cam footage of the vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting Operation Mutual.