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Article: Two police patrol cars written off by ravers ; Crowds roll vehicles down hill
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- May 14, 2001
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TWO police patrol cars were totally wrecked when revellers at an
illegal rave rolled them down a hill after officers tried to move
them on.
Sussex Police were alerted to dozens of cars driving onto the
South Downs at Woodingdean, near Brighton.
It is believed many of the party-goers had been moved on
throughout the night from other rave sites, finally gathering on the
Downs near Bexhill Road, Woodingdean.
Police took two patrol cars to try to disperse the crowd of 1,000
revellers but as they spoke with rave organisers, the cars were
attacked and pushed down a hill.
A Sussex Police spokesman said: 'We had a problem with gatherings
all evening and it looks as though many finally went to ...