A man has been arrested for causing death by dangerous driving after a woman was hit by a car in Hove.
The woman, in her 40s from Hove, was pronounced dead a the scene following the crash at about 12.20am this morning.
She was hit in Davigdor Road, near the Peacock Industrial Estate. Her next of kin have been informed.
A 28-year-old man from Brighton has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by driving a vehicle without insurance/ without a driving licence.
He has since been released on bail while enquiries continue.
Davigdor Road has now reopened following an earlier road closure.
Enquiries are underway, and we encourage anyone who witnessed the collision, has dash cam footage, or CCTV of the area to contact police by emailing collision.appeal@sussex.police.uk, or by calling 101 quoting Operation Divan.
I want people to not tolerate poor driving. Those with dashcams, spend the two minutes to report dangerous driving via Operation Crackdown. https://operationcrackdown.org/
It is one of the best ways to start making people aware of their poor driving and reduce repeat offenders.
The driver had no license or insurance and has been released on bail! So someone who doesn’t obey the rules is trusted to turn up at court at the appointed time. Unbelievable!
The police can only detain someone for a limited number of hours without charging them. Once they have charged them, they cannot in many cases interview them again or ask further questions. Therefore it makes sense to bail them while they carry out further investigations and maybe question them again. If the CPS think it in the public interest and there’s a realistic possibility of conviction, the police can then charge them.