This is Sussex -- A TEENAGE girl has suffered "serious injuries" after being hit by a car this afternoon at the junction of Southgate Avenue and Tilgate Way. A call came through to police at 5.27pm and the road was quickly closed off. The girl was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton. Police say they are likely to be at the scene for some time carrying out an investigation so drivers are advised to avoid the area. The incident is reported to have caused substantial delays in the area. In November an 86-year-old man died three days after being hit by a car at the same junction. Victor Gibb was hit by a pink Audi A3 driving north along Southgate Avenue on Saturday, November 23. He had been trying to cross the road at the traffic lights at the junction with Tilgate Way shortly after 3pm when he was struck. Mr Gibb, of Tilgate Way, was taken to East Surrey Hospital with fractures to his hip and shoulder. He died three days later after developing problems following his surgery. The junction where the accident happened is the next turning along from where a three-year-old boy, Ethan Mitchell, was hit by a car earlier in November, at the Southgate Avenue junction with Ashdown Drive. Drivers have complained of the lights at both junctions being confusing and after Ethan Mitchell's accident West Sussex County Council said it would look at the Ashdown Drive turning.
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This is Sussex -- A TEENAGE girl has suffered "serious injuries" after being hit by a car this afternoon at the junction of Southgate Avenue and Tilgate Way. A call came through to police at 5.27pm and the road was quickly closed off. The girl was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton. Police say they are likely to be at the scene for some time carrying out an investigation so drivers are advised to avoid the area. The incident is reported to have caused substantial delays in the area. In November an 86-year-old man died three days after being hit by a car at the same junction. Victor Gibb was hit by a pink Audi A3 driving north along Southgate Avenue on Saturday, November 23. He had been trying to cross the road at the traffic lights at the junction with Tilgate Way shortly after 3pm when he was struck. Mr Gibb, of Tilgate Way, was taken to East Surrey Hospital with fractures to his hip and shoulder. He died three days later after developing problems following his surgery. The junction where the accident happened is the next turning along from where a three-year-old boy, Ethan Mitchell, was hit by a car earlier in November, at the Southgate Avenue junction with Ashdown Drive. Drivers have complained of the lights at both junctions being confusing and after Ethan Mitchell's accident West Sussex County Council said it would look at the Ashdown Drive turning.
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