The A23 has reopened after a 10-hour closure following a datal crash early this morning (Sunday 10 July).
A 23-year-old man died when a lorry and a black Nissan Qashqai car crashed on the southbound side of the road.
The lorry was a DAF operated by Sorici Logistics, a freight company set up last year and run by a Romanian couple in their thirties from Kent.
Sussex Police issued an appeal for witness, dashcam footage and information as work continued on investigating the crash.
The force said: “Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision between a car and lorry on the A23, near Bolney, around 5.15am on Sunday (10 July).
“Investigating officers are particularly keen to speak with the occupants of a dark coloured Ford who stopped at the scene but left prior to police arrival.
“The car involved in the collision, a black Nissan Qashqai, was travelling towards oncoming traffic southbound along the carriageway before colliding with the articulated lorry.
“Police attended the scene alongside colleagues from West Sussex Fire and Rescue and Secamb (the South East Coast Ambulance Service).
“Unfortunately, the driver of the Nissan Qashqai, a 23-year-old man from Cuckfield, was pronounced dead at the scene.
“His next-of-kin have been informed.
“The southbound and northbound carriageways were closed for more than 10 hours between Pease Pottage and Warninglid to allow for investigation and recovery work.
“Anyone who has information or dashcam footage which could help officers with their investigation is asked to report it police by emailing collision.appeal@sussex.police.uk quoting Operation Riverhill.”
