A BUSY high street has been blocked off after a car crashed into a building.

One car was involved in the incident at the corner of Green Street and Northiam Road in Eastbourne and ended up on the pavement up against a shop.

Pictures of the incident, which happened just before 3pm this afternoon, show a Mercedes-Benz crashed with damage to its bumper.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue said one person had been freed from a car.

One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The road was blocked while the emergency services dealt with the incident.

An ESFRS spokeswoman said: "We were called at 14.58 to Albert Parade where a car had collided with a building. One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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"We extricated one casualty."

The fire service also had to make sure a gas leak was safe at the scene.

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