Boy, 7, Injured In Hastings Collision

Monday, 28 February 2022 06:39

By Jade McLean

A seven-year-old local boy has sustained body and leg injuries following a collision with a car in Hastings on Saturday (Feb 26).

It happened in Pleasant Row, Hastings, outside the Royal Standard pub, at 2.50pm.

He was taken by air ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where his condition is not assessed as life threatening.

PC Stuart Kenway of the Surrey and Sussex Road Policing Unit said:

"We would like to hear from anyone who saw what happened, particularly anyone who has any Dashcam footage that may have captured the incident.

"If you can help please contact us either via [email protected], or by calling 101, quoting serial 811 of 26/02."

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