Cowfold: Two people die in three-vehicle crash

Two people have died and two others have been seriously injured following a three-vehicle crash.

Emergency services were called to the A272 at Cowfold, West Sussex, at about 11.30 BST on Monday.

Two people were pronounced dead at the scene - a man aged 83 from Worthing and a woman, 30, from Aylesford, Kent.

Two other women, both aged 23 and from Kent, were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Sussex Police said the crash involved a silver Ford Fiesta, a white Ford Fiesta and a Skania tipper truck.

The road was closed while police, fire, ambulance and air ambulance services responded to the collision.

Police appealed for information and witnesses.

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