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Car crashes into hospital entrance

Vicky CastleSouth East
Eddie Mitchell A black MPV with a damaged front sits hall on a curb in front of a building, A yellow sign reads "no parking" and the back half of the car is on a box junction. It is cordoned off with tape Eddie Mitchell
A car has crashed into the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath

A driver has been injured after crashing into the doors of a hospital.

Emergency barriers and police tape were put in place at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, after the vehicle struck the building's A&E entrance earlier.

Sussex Police said emergency services were called at about 07:00 GMT to "reports of a car crashing into the doors" of the hospital, adding: "The driver of the vehicle has been taken to hospital with injuries."

The hospital said one patient "sustained minor injuries" but the emergency department remained "fully open and operational".

Gerthy Albano, hospital director of nursing, said: "Ambulance access is completely unaffected but, while repair works to the door take place, patients attending A&E on foot will need to use the hospital's main entrance."

Eddie Mitchell Orange barriers block off a large door to the building. Staff can be seen inside Eddie Mitchell
A section of the hospital was fenced off

Images from the scene show a black car with damage to its front end, and the hospital's entrance doors out of place.

Staff could be seen assessing the damage inside the foyer while contractors began initial repairs to the doorway.

The hospital provides acute services for patients across Mid Sussex.

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