Police are searching for the occupants of a vehicle which was abandoned after it smashed into a bus shelter.

The car hit the shelter and kerb in Old Church Road, St Leonards, at 6.45am yesterday.

The shelter was wrecked. 

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "We received a report of a car found damaged and abandoned in Old Church Road, St Leonards, having hit a bus shelter and the kerb.

"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."