Police are hunting for a driver who threw a dog out of a van on the motorway in Sussex.

The female Lurcher Cross was thrown out the vehicle along the M23 near Gatwick Airport at around 4pm on Thursday 2nd March.

Someone threw her from the back of a vehicle, believed to be a van, as it was travelling northbound between junctions nine and eight.

A passing motorist stopped to help and Surrey Police officers took the dog to a vet. She was treated for two broken legs and is now being cared for by an animal charity.