Woman Dies Weeks After Brighton Crash Involving Pedestrian and Two Cars

A woman seriously injured in a crash in Brighton has sadly died in hospital, Sussex Police have confirmed. Emergency services were called to Freshfield Road at 5.52pm on Wednesday, May 22, following reports of a collision involving two cars and a pedestrian. The incident involved a Vauxhall Corsa driven by a 62-year-old woman from Brighton, […]

A woman seriously injured in a crash in Brighton has sadly died in hospital, Sussex Police have confirmed.

Emergency services were called to Freshfield Road at 5.52pm on Wednesday, May 22, following reports of a collision involving two cars and a pedestrian.

The incident involved a Vauxhall Corsa driven by a 62-year-old woman from Brighton, which was in collision with a Mercedes, before striking a pedestrian who was walking his dogs on the pavement outside Patching Lodge.

The woman was taken to hospital in critical condition. Police have now confirmed she died on June 6. The coroner has been informed.

The driver of the Mercedes was uninjured in the incident.

The pedestrian, a 59-year-old man from Brighton, sustained minor injuries. One of his dogs was also injured, but not seriously.

Sussex Police are continuing to investigate the full circumstances of the collision and have renewed their appeal for witnesses or anyone with relevant CCTV or dashcam footage from the area at the time of the crash.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police online or call 101, Alternatively, you can email: collision.appeal@sussex.police.uk, quoting serial 1201 of 22/5.