POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist from Kent died in a collision with a car in East Sussex.

The tragedy happened at about 6.15pm on Saturday on the A259, Marsh Road at Pevensey, near Eastbourne, about 100 metres east of Middle Bridge.

A Ford Mondeo being driven by a 74-year-old man from Newhaven, was in collision with a Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle.

The car driver received minor injuries but the motorcyclist, a man from Folkestone, died at the scene. The victim has not yet been named.

PS Niall Moloney, of the Roads Policing Department at Bexhill is asking witnesses to contact him on 0845 60 70 999, quote Operation Malt.