A PEDESTRIAN has been hit by a car.

The crash happened at about 3pm on the B2109 Drove Road, near Newhaven.

A Sussex Police spokeswoman said: "It is a car versus pedestrian road traffic collision.

"The incident is ongoing.

"Police and ambulance services are on the scene."

As a result, there is slow traffic from the A259 The Drove to Railway Approach, affecting traffic from Denton and Newhaven.

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