A man has been charged with kidnap, aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving following a collision in Hastings.
Alfie Foster, 22, of Crowborough Road, Hastings, is also charged with intentional strangulation, and assault on a woman known to him and theft from a dwelling.
Officers were called about 12.27am on Sunday 18 January after a car collided with railings in St Helen’s Road.
The passenger – a 23-year-old local woman – was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, while the driver left the scene. He was arrested after being located at a nearby address.
Foster has been remanded to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 21 January.
Anyone who saw what happened, or capture any relevant mobile, dash cam or CCTV footage, is asked to report it online or call 101, quoting Operation Fleetwood

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