Three Fishes collision: appeal for witnesses after three taken to hospital

Three people were injured in a collision outside The Three Fishes pub in Chapel Road, Worthing

Police are appealing for witnesses to a Worthing collision which led to two pedestrians and a driver being taken to hospital.

The collision between a car and two pedestrians took place outside the Three Fishes pub in Chapel Road, Worthing, a 5.20pm yesterday (Thursday, January 3), police said.

Three injured as The Three Fishes pub hit by car in Worthing town centre

An 89-year woman from West Worthing, who had been driving a blue Honda Jazz, was treated at Worthing Hospital for shock, confirmed police.

One of the pedestrians, a 73-year-old man from West Tarring, sustained multiple fractures, cuts and bruising, according to police.

The other pedestrian, a 74-year-old woman who was also from West Tarring, suffered a fractured spine, police said.

A spokesman from the ambulance service said one of the pedestrians was taken to Worthing Hospital while the other, who was treated in an ambulance vehicle by a team from the air ambulance, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

Local roads were closed while emergency services dealt with the incident.