POLICE SEEK FLIP AND RUN DRIVER

A MAN is on the run from police after the van he stole smashed into another vehicle.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Sep 2003, 16:44 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 23:21 BST

The Ford Escort van, believed to be stolen from a local builders, crashed into a stationary car, a red Peugeot, on Battle Road, before flipping on its roof.

The driver managed to escape the up-turned vehicle, before bolting from the scene.

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A police sniffer dog team quickly arrived, but despite their best efforts were unable to track the man down.

The road was closed for over an hour while firefighters from Bohemia and the Ridge stations made both vehicles safe.

A spokesman for Bohemia Road said: "We did not need to free

anyone from the vehicle, the guy had already had it away on his heels, he can't have been in a very good condition."

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Bexhill Traffic Unit are still making enquiries into the incident, which took place at 6pm last Friday near the Kingsley Close entrance on Battle Road.

Anyone who has any information can call 0845 60 70 999 and ask for PC Clark.

Picture: Bill Forsythe

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