Two people have been arrested and released on police bail following a police investigation into a fatal road crash.

Police launched an inquiry after a 25-year-old motorcyclist was found dead on the A272, just south of Stedham at about 9pm on Monday, March 11.

Now a 42-year-old woman from the Midhurst area has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A 60-year-old man from Petworth was also arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice and failing to report an accident.

The woman was bailed until May 5 and the man until May 25.