Man taken to hospital with '˜serious injuries'

South East Coast Ambulance service (SECAmb) said crews attended reports a person had been injured at about 3pm on land off Fullbeck Avenue, in Worthing, behind the new build Tesco.

A spokesperson for SECAmb said: “A man, aged approximately in his 20s, was assessed and treated before being taken in a serious condition to Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton.”

Crews from SECAmb were joined by the air ambulance service and Sussex Police at the scene.

A spokesperson for Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance said the man was taken to hospital by road ambulance with injuries to his abdomen and thorax.

Police said they were called to the incident at 3.21pm on Tuesday to reports of a ‘work-site injury’ but the matter had been handed to the ambulance service.

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