Five people released from hospital after Chichester house car crash

POLICE are still deciding whether to take action after a Ford Focus crashed into the wall of a Chichester house.
The scene of the crash in Kensington Road. Picture by Eddie MitchellThe scene of the crash in Kensington Road. Picture by Eddie Mitchell
The scene of the crash in Kensington Road. Picture by Eddie Mitchell

FIVE people were rushed to hospital after the crash in the early hours of Saturday morning (November 14).

No-one has yet been charged with any offence, however police are still investigating how the car ended up in the wall of a house in Kensington Road.

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Although the quintet were all treated at St Richard’s Hospital, in Chichester, police said they had only sustained minor injuries and none of them were kept in hospital.

The car was a blue Ford Focus and was described by Sussex Police as having ‘extensive front-end damage’ after the crash.

The driver was a 21-year-old man from Bognor Regis. He was complaining of pain to the head but was released from hospital.

Also travelling in the car at the time of the crash were a 23-year-old man from East Wittering, a 20-year-old woman from Walberton, a 20-year-old woman from Chichester and a 21-year-old woman from Chichester. They all went to hospital.

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The residents of the house were in bed upstairs at the time of the collision and were unharmed.

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