By Matt Dickinson
Press Association Newsfile
EAST SUSSEX, UK — A fire engine that collided with a car, killing the driver, was on a blue light emergency, the rescue service said today.
The appliance was on route to a “confirmed fire” incident when it hit the red Ford Fiesta last night near Hailsham, East Sussex, the county’s Fire and Rescue said.
It happened at just after 7.40pm on the A271 at Magham Down.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue said: ``A fire appliance responding to a confirmed fire was in collision with a private vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was tragically killed.’'
Police said the car’s male driver, who was the sole occupant, was pronounced dead at the scene, with the driver of the fire engine taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital for treatment to minor injuries.
No formal identification procedures for the dead man had yet taken place, officers added.
Sussex Police’s Road Policing Investigation Unit is carrying out an investigation into what happened.
The force said: “Police are keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened.”
A Sussex Police spokesman said the road remained closed while officers carried out an investigation into the crash.