Bus stop 'completely destroyed' in hit-and-run car crash on residential Hastings street

A bus stop has been ‘completely destroyed’ in an early morning hit-and-run car crash on a residential street.

The shelter in the Hollington area of Hastings, East Sussex, was flattened in the accident on the morning of Saturday, 27 April.

Sussex Police said they received "a report of a car found damaged and abandoned in Old Church Road having hit a bus shelter and the kerb at about 6.45am".

A spokesperson added that "the occupants of the vehicle had left the scene and enquiries are being made to trace them".

Pictures and video from the scene showed a heap of twisted metal and broken glass on the corner of Old Church Road and Edward Terrace.

The debris was cordoned off by police tape, with reports of a large emergency services presence at the scene.

There are conflicting reports about exactly what happened, with sources suggesting that a vehicle struck the shelter early on Saturday morning.

One local resident told ITV News Meridian that “a vehicle hit the bus stop, completely destroying it, before speeding away.”

A Sussex Police spokesperson told ITV News Meridian: "Police received a report of a car found damaged and abandoned in Old Church Road, St Leonards, having hit a bus shelter and the kerb at about 6.45am on Saturday (27 April).

"It was established that the occupants of the vehicle had left the scene and enquiries are being made to trace them.

"No one was hurt at the scene. Anyone who witnessed the incident, should report online or ring 101 quoting serial of 270 of 27/04."

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