Heathfield woman taken to hospital after a supermarket accident

The local 80-year-old woman was taken to hospital after a crash near Waitrose supermarket.

Station Road in Heathfield was closed whilst emergency services responded to the collision.

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: “Emergency services were called to Station Road, Heathfield, shortly after 6.20pm on October 21 to reports of a collision.

 “The incident involved a single car, which had hit the central reservation.

 “The driver, a woman in her 80s, was treated at the scene and taken to hospital. The amazing people of Heathfield, including a nurse and doctor, made sure she was very well looked after.”