Man seriously injured after being run down trying to stop thieves in Southwick

Police said the man, in his 70s, was trying to stop thieves stealing gas canisters from Lady B Marina industrial estate in Albion Street at 11.56am yesterday (July 27).

He was found with a suspected broken pelvis, police said, after a white flatbed vehicle made off from the scene and collided with him in the process.

The police helicopter was deployed to assist ground units in searching for the vehicle, which had orange red canisters in the back, along with scrap metal.

It is believed that the flatbed may have been the same one seen in suspicious circumstances around the harbour about an hour earlier. However, despite extensive searches, it was not located.

Anyone with information about the incident or the vehicle is asked to report online or call 101 quoting Operation Sandway.