Two men hurt in second Brighton and Hove ambulance crash

A second ambulance crash in Brighton and Hove within a week left two men injured.

The latest crash happened in Old Shoreham Road, Hove, near the crossroads at The Drive and Shirley Drive late on Wednesday night (6 February).

The South East Coast Ambulance Service vehicle had its blue lights on and was answering a 999 call when the accident happened shortly after 11pm.

The other vehicle involved in the crash was a Peugeot 106.

The driver of the Peugeot, a 20-year-old man from Whitstable in Kent, was treated for minor head injuries at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

A 47-year-old man from Brighton, who was a passenger in the Peugeot, suffered whiplash.

The ambulance crew, who had no patients on board, were shaken but did not need hospital treatment.

Less than a week before, Gary Tucker, 45, from Saltdean, died in a crash with an ambulance on the A259 coast road.

His 43-year-old passenger suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in the accident in Marine Drive on Thursday 28 February.

Sussex Police is investigating the cause of both crashes.