Postman ‘dragged under van’ in Fittleworth
The incident took place around 11am in Wyncombe Close.
An eyewitness described seeing a van roll backwards and collide with a postman.
He said three people rushed to the man’s aid.
A spokesperson for South East Coast Ambulance Service said: “A man in his 50s had been struck by a van and dragged under the van though it was at a slow speed under ten miles an hour.
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Hide Ad“We sent two ambulance crews and the air ambulance was assigned.
“It was a man in his 50s who suffered grazing to his shoulders and back and was suffering back and leg pain.
“There were no obvious fractures but nonetheless he was taken as a priority to St Richard’s Hospital [in Chichester] by road.”
Emergency services left the scene at 1.10pm.