Police name man charged over Littlehampton A259 incident

The A259 in Littlehampton was closed off on Monday following the incident

Police have named and charged a man following a collision in Littlehampton which saw two police officers and a man struck by a car.

Jack Robson, 20, unemployed and from Holly Drive, Wick, Littlehampton, was charged last night with a number of offences and has been remanded to appear before Crawley Magistrates’ Court this morning (September 25), police said.

He has been charged with three counts of causing serious injury by driving dangerously, burglary, driving with no insurance, not in accordance with his provisional licence and with uncorrected vision, said police.

The incident happened at The Body Shop roundabout on the A259 at Littlehampton at approximately 1.05am on Monday.

Two local response officers, a man and woman, were carrying out a routine drugs check on a car at the side of the road and had detained one man on suspicion of drugs offences when a Mercedes-Benz saloon approached at speed and collided with the officers and the man they were with. All three were transported to hospital to be treated for serious injuries.

Police said the policeman remains in hospital and is due surgery on a broken shoulder, an arm and leg.

His colleague, a policewoman, has been discharged from hospital after suffering two fractures and extensive bruising and is recovering at home.