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A man has been arrested after a corrosive liquid thought to be ammonia was thrown at two men after a crash.

The liquid was thrown in the faces of the men who had gone to help the driver of a car that crashed in St Anne's Road in Eastbourne at 08:50 BST on Saturday.

The two members of the public suffered minor injuries, police said.

A man was arrested on suspicion of throwing a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim or disfigure and failing to stop after a road accident.