One person has died after a glider crashed in Hastings this afternoon.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash on Valentine Rd at around 12.15pm.
“Sadly, despite best efforts by emergency services, the sole occupant died at the scene,” police said.
St John said it sent one rapid response unit to the scene.
The Civil Aviation Authority had been notified of the incident involving a glider, it said in a statement.
“We are working alongside emergency services and have investigators travelling to the scene. In the coming days our focus will be on understanding what happened and why.”
