Two people were taken to hospital after a crash on a Sussex country road last night.

Emergency services were called to a section of the A26 at Heron's Ghyll, near Uckfield, following a two-car collision.

A Peugeot 306 driven by a 44-year-old woman from Kent was in the accident with a Vauxhall Corsa driven by a 53-year-old woman from Uckfield at 6.30pm.

Police closed the road while firefighters freed the two women and removed the wreckage.

The woman from Kent was taken to the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells.

The Uckfield woman was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital with multiple injuries.

Both were today said to be in a stable condition.