Despite the best efforts of the public and emergency services who rushed to the scene and commenced CPR, the 17-year-old driver was sadly declared deceased at the scene
A teenage boy has tragically died after his car overturned at a petrol station on Valentine’s Day. Police are appealing for the public’s help to establish exactly what happened.
Emergency services were called to Applegreen petrol station in New Town, Uckfield on Friday, February 14 at around 5pm. The 17-year-old boy, who has not yet been formally named by police, was driving a grey Audi A3 at the time of the incident.
Despite the best efforts of the public and emergency services, who commenced CPR, the driver was sadly declared deceased at the scene. The front seat passenger – an 18-year-old man from Lewes – sustained no injuries.
The investigation is ongoing and Sussex Police continue to appeal for the public’s help and urge any witnesses to come forward and assist detectives with their inquiries.
Photographs taken at the scene seen by The Mirror show the 20mph stretch of road outside the petrol station closed by police and cordoned off to pedestrians. The grey Auid can also be seen on its roof with broken glass strewn across the road nearby.
Detective Sergeant Rosie Newman, of the Sussex Police Serious Collision Investigations Unit, said: “Our enquiries to establish the exact circumstances of this tragic incident are ongoing. No other vehicles were involved. Our thoughts remain with the victim’s loved ones at this extremely difficult time.
“In the meantime, we’re asking anyone who saw what happened or captured anything on dash cam to email [email protected] quoting Operation Chineham.”
