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Littlehampton crash: Man held after two police officers hit by car | |
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two Sussex police officers were hit by a car. | |
The police officers were carrying out a routine drugs check at the side of the A259 in Littlehampton at about 01:05 BST when they were struck. | |
A Mercedes-Benz which was driving at speed hit the officers and the man they were with. | |
All three have been taken to hospital and treated for serious injuries, which are not life-threatening. | |
A 20-year-old man has been arrested, and police are trying to track down two other people. | |
Assistant Chief Constable Julia Chapman said: "This is being investigated as a deliberate attack on two police officers in the course of carrying out their duties. | |
"Their injuries, and that of the man they were with, whilst serious, are not believed to be life threatening." | |
Sussex Police said the officers involved were a man and woman who were carrying out a routine drugs check. |