A 38-year-old has died and a 64-year-old man is in a critical condition after a horror crash at a historic speed trials event.

The male and female, who were racing in a motorbike and sidecar, failed to stop at the end of the track on Madeira Drive, Brighton, and smashed into a barrier.

The emergency services were called at 6.10pm on Saturday before taking the pair to hospital.

A 38year-old woman from Suffolk was confirmed dead shortly after while the a 64-year-old man from London is still in a critical condition.

Leonard Wooller, vice chair of the Brighton and Hove Motor Club, who organise the event, said that the vehicle crashed into a barrier leaving oil spread across the road.

Sussex police are appealing for witnesses with photographs or videos of what happened to come forward.

They should contact them on 101 referencing operation Marsden.

Send your tributes to neil.vowles@theargus.co.uk .