THREE people died and two were injured in a string of crashes during a terrible few hours on the roads.

Two motorcyclists died within two hours of each other on Sunday in two separate collisions on the roads of Sussex.

The first was a collision between a Suzuki motorbike and silver Ford Fusion on the A26, south of Crowborough, shortly before 3pm.

The motorcyclist, a 24-year-old- man from Tonbridge, had been riding with a group when he was in a collision with the Ford, driven by a 70-year-old woman from Crowborough.

An air ambulance landed at the Crowborough Beacon gold course nearby, but the motorcyclist was declared dead at the scene.

The road was closed both ways for around six hours.

Less than two hours later, another collision claimed the life of a second motorcyclist on Beachy Head Road, near Eastbourne.

Around 4.50pm a car and motorbike collided near to the junction with Warren Hill. A blue Vauxhall Zafira, driven by a 28-year-old woman from Eastbourne was in a collision with a motorcycle ridden by a 26-year-old man from Newhaven. He sadly died at the scene.

The road was closed until around 10pm.

Thenn a woman from Sussex was killed in a four car pile-up in Dorset on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the collision on the Charmouth bypass in west Dorset at 5.36pm.

The 68-year-old woman, from Bognor Regis, died at the scene.

The driver of a Volvo was taken to hospital with minor injuries along with another driver.

It comes as a woman was taken to hospital with a shoulder injury after a three car crash on a busy road in Worthing yesterday.

Police were called at 9.50am yesterday morning to Teville Road, Worthing, near the junction with Victoria Road.

According to an eye-witness a silver Lexus 4x4 travelling north along Victoria Road collided with a Ford Focus at the junction with Teville Road.

He said the 4x4 then struck the rear of a parked car before careering across the junction and hitting the wall of a shop in Railway Approach .

One of the drivers suffered a shoulder injury and was taken to Worthing hospital.

A fire engine from Worthing also attended the scene, along with a heavy rescue fire vehicle to remove the car from the wall.

Adur and Worthing Councils Building Control team were also on scene to make sure the building was structurally safe.

An eyewitness said pedestrians were lucky not be hurt during the crash.