Police appeal: Bognor woman killed in Flansham crash, Tangmere van driver seriously injured

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a two-vehicle collision in Flansham on Sunday in which an elderly woman from Bognor Regis died and two other local people were seriously injured.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th May 2015, 11:16 BST

The 75-year-old female driver of a red Nissan died and her 80-year-old passenger suffered a fractured pelvis and was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. Both come from Bognor Regis.

The driver of the VW van, a 54-year-old man from Tangmere, near Chichester, suffered leg and throat injuries and was taken to St George’s Hospital, London.

The serious accident happened just after 4.30pm on Sunday, May 3 and involved a red Nissan Qashqai and a white Volkswagen LT35 van.

Anyone who saw what happened or noticed either vehicle shortly before the collision is asked to email

[email protected] or phone 101, quoting Operation Calcutta.