High Street closed ahead of Hastings carnival start time as emergency services attend incident involving a man on a roof

By Connor Gormley
Published 5th Aug 2023, 16:52 BST
Updated 8th Aug 2023, 11:57 BST
Sussex Police and the fire service are at the scene of the incident. Photo: Justin Lycett.Sussex Police and the fire service are at the scene of the incident. Photo: Justin Lycett.
Sussex Police and the fire service are at the scene of the incident. Photo: Justin Lycett.
High Street, in Hastings, was closed yesterday afternoon (August 05), ahead of the carnival’s scheduled 5pm start time, as emergency services helped assist a man on a roof.

As a result, the procession did not head through High Street, instead only passing through the seafront, organisers explained.

A spokesperson for East Sussex Fire and Rescue said:

“We were called to an incident on the Old Hight Steet, Hastings at 15:20 0n Saturday 5th August to assist with the rescue of a man on a roof by using an aerial ladder platform appliance.

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“This was a protracted incident, and the man was passed in to the care of the police at 18:04”

A spokesperson for Sussex Police added that officers supported their emergency services colleagues in a medical incident.