A 40-year-old woman was killed in a car crash on the A27 last night.

Emergency services were called just before 6.30pm to the accident on the eastbound carriageway on the A27, just east of Falmer.

Police said a silver Vauxhall Corsa, travelling east, crashed with a Peugeot boxer van before hitting a Renault Clio.

Two women in the Corsa were left trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut out by fire and rescue crews.

Watch commander George Wippich, from Preston Circus fire station, said: “Crews from Preston Circus and Hove were mobilised to a call of an RTC with persons trapped on the A27.

“On arrival we were faced with two people trapped in one vehicle and fire crews worked with ambulance crews to extricate the casualties.”

Both were then taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital suffering serious injuries.

One of those, a 40-year-old woman, later died as a result of her injuries, the other woman, a 38-year-old remains in hospital with serious injuries.

Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them on 0845 60 70 999.