Boy, 17, arrested in murder bid investigation

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was reported to have been “deliberately” run over by a truck twice.

The 19-year-old victim, who is in hospital in a serious but stable condition, was walking on the pavement in Warmdene Avenue, Patcham, near Brighton, East Sussex, when the collision happened at 8:47pm on Saturday.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “A vehicle described as a dirty pickup truck, with a double cab and an open back, is reported to have run over the man before turning around and going over him again as his body lay on the floor. It then accelerated east on Mackie Avenue.

“The victim, a 19-yearold local man, had been walking home with friends when the incident occurred.”