Woman dies in Crawley Down crash

Police were called to reports of the crash near Duke's Head roundabout just before 9 last night

Author: Adam GoacherPublished 9th Sep 2021

Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash in Crawley Down last night (8 September) to come forward.

It's reported a grey Smart car left the road and hit a tree on the A264 Snow Hill at around 8.50pm.

A 23-year-old woman from London, who was the front passenger, died at the scene.

The driver was taken to hospital in London with life-threatening injuries and a back seat passenger suffered multiple fractures, he was taken to the Royal County Hospital in Brighton.

Any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk and quote Operation Thorndon.

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