Woman crushed to death after generator falls off lorry in Sussex village

Scene: the incident occurred on Etchingham High Street near the level crossing
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Tom Powell9 August 2016

A woman was crushed to death by a generator which fell off the back of a lorry in Sussex.

The 40-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after the metal generator came off the vehicle and hit her on her walk to work in the quiet village of Etchingham yesterday.

A man, 44, was also hit and had to be flown by air ambulance to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. He is now in a stable condition.

Police confirmed a 42-year-old man from Ashford, Kent, had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Neighbours said they thought the pair were walking with their dog on the way to the station to commute to work in London, when the portable generator struck them.

Ambulance: the woman was announced dead at the scene
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Both the woman and man are thought to be local to Etchingham, which has around 650 residents.

A Sussex Police spokesman told the Standard: "Emergency services were called to a report of a generator having fallen off a Ford transit flatbed lorry and hit two pedestrians in Etchingham High Street near the railway station level crossing just before 6.55am on Monday (8 August).

"A 40-year-old woman sadly died at the scene. A man aged 44 was also suffered serious injuries and was flown to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. He is in a stable condition.

"The driver of the vehicle involved, a 42-year-old man from Ashford, Kent, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, has been released on bail until Wednesday, 5 October, 2016 while enquiries continue."

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