Lucky escape for four OAPs rescued from flipped car

Four pensioners who had to be cut out of a car which flipped over in Seven Dials on Saturday evening escaped with no injuries

Emergency services were called to the single-car crash in Prestonville Road at 11pm.

“We were called to a crash involving a single car with four people trapped inside after overturning. There were no injuries. The occupants of the car were released with assistance of firefighters.

“The driver was a 67-year-old woman from Seaford. The passengers were a 67-year-old man from Seaford and two women from Norwich, aged 73 and 76.”

A spokeswoman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “On 9 December at 11.04pm, firefighters from Brighton attended an road traffic collision involving one vehicle on Prestonville Road, Brighton. Firefighters released four people from the vehicle.”