A 20-year-old woman died when the car she was driving ploughed into a tree and telegraph pole.
The wrecked car and the body of its driver were found by a routine police patrol at Splaynes Green Lane, Fletching, at around 5am yesterday.
It is not known exactly when the crash occurred although police believe no other vehicle was involved. The dead woman has been named as Kerry Louise Parkinson, of Allington Crescent, Newick.
She was believed to have been travelling towards Fletching when the accident happened. No one else was in the car.
Anyone who saw the crash is asked to telephone Uckfield Police on 0845 60 70 999.
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