Two women seriously hurt when they were hit by a reversing car at a bus stop were stable in hospital last night.

The pair were critically injured following the crash in Blatchington Road, Hove, on Wednesday.

The women, 87 and 59, were hit by a Peugeot 306 automatic, driven by a 67-year-old woman, which also collided with a parking attendant who was trying to move the vehicle out of the way of a bus.

The attendant, 27, suffered leg injuries in the accident.

The two women, thought to be local, are being treated at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.