And the driver walked away with cuts and bruises! Incredible pictures show mangled wreckage of car which rolled 150 metres down steep hill yet motorist escaped without serious injuries

• e-mail

A woman managed to escape her mangled Audi with just cuts and bruises after flying off the road and rolling 150 metres down a steep hill. 

The 28-year-old was freed from the black A3 Audi by Sussex emergency services who were called to the top of a steep decent know

She was raced to hospital after her car went off the road and rolled down a steep descent known as Ditchling Bostall at 2:30am on Friday. 

Sussex police were called to the top of Ditchling Beacon in Sussex earlier on Friday morning after reports of a car going off the road

The vehicle, a black Audi A3 (circled) was being driven by a 28-year-old woman from Haywards Heath when it left Ditchall Road at around 2:30am

The road was closed and did not re-open until 9am that morning, according to Sussex police, who added that it was closed again briefly at 10am so the car could be recovered

Emergency services were called to the top of Ditchling Road, near Westmeston, where it is believed she left the road.  

Firefighters spent 20 minutes trying to find the car, as it was dark but they eventually located the badly-damaged vehicle at the bottom of the hill near the village of Westmeston. 

A helicopter was dispatched the assist the operation, which took two-and-a-half hours, according to the The Argus.  

Paramedics and firefighters carried the injured woman, who was from Haywards Heath, to the aircraft's landing site. 

The road was closed and did not re-open until 9am that morning, according to Sussex police, who added that it was closed again briefly at 10am so the car could be recovered. 

It took 20 minutes for the emergency services to find the mangled car, which had rolled around 150metres down a steep hill and ended up near the village of Westmeston, north of Brighton 

A helicopter was dispatched to the crash and paramedics carried the woman, who had minor injuries, to the landing site through the dark

The driver was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hotel with cuts and bruises and police are appealing for information about what happened 

A Sussex Police spokesman said: 'At 2.40am police were called to Bostall Road, Ditchling Beacon, where a car was reported to have crashed and rolled 150 metres down a steep bank.

'A 28-year-old woman was released from the vehicle and taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital with cuts and bruises.'

Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen what happened, or who have other information, to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or call 101, quoting Operation Nautical.