07-05-2025
'Reckless' driver crashes during 100mph police chase in Sussex
A "reckless" driver who crashed during a 100mph police chase in Sussex, leaving a passenger with serious injuries, has been jailed.
Brandon Lee, 28, was driving a Ford Fiesta on the A23 near Pyecombe after 2am on 8 December, 2023.
Police officers followed him as he drove out of Brighton and activated blue lights after Lee reached speeds of 100mph in a 60mph zone.
Lee drove down Clayton Hill on the A273 on the wrong side of the carriageway before losing control and hitting a phone box on a bend.
The passenger, a woman, suffered life-changing injuries.
Lee, of Forest Close, Horsham, was jailed for two years, and disqualified from driving for two years and eight months.
Sergeant Joe McGregor from the Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit said: 'Lee's driving was reckless and dangerous.
'We know that one in three collisions in Sussex occur because drivers are going too fast.
'Speeding is one of the main reasons why people are killed or seriously injured on our roads.
'Lee is incredibly lucky that he did not cause a fatality that night, but this collision continues to have a lasting impact on the victim.
'We are pleased that a dangerous driver has been taken off our roads.'
