COUNTY NEWS: Man severely injured after accident involving a bus

A man with serious injuries was air lifted to hospital after he was in an accident involving a bus in Bognor Regis this afternoon (Saturday, August 8).
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Sussex Police were called out at 2.44pm today outside Jack Rabbit Slims, a music bar.

An air ambulance also attended the scene.

The man is believed to be seriously injured, according to Sussex Police.

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A spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) said: “Paramedics attended the scene with colleagues from Sussex Air Ambulance and a man has been air lifted to Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton.

“He left the scene with potential serious injuries.”

UPDATE: Man was taken to Southampton General Hospital instead of Sussex Royal.

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