An elderly woman died after collapsing in a busy street today.

The 75 year old was waiting for a bus in Church Road, Hove, near the junction with First Avenue, when she fell to the ground.

She knocked her head badly as she hit the pavement and was bleeding heavily.

A woman who was passing by stopped and tried to give her mouth to mouth resuscitation and waiters from Leonardo restaurant helped.

Manager Tommaso Zotti said: "We noticed the woman and girl probably a minute after she had fallen.

"I think it looked like she had a heart attack but she really hurt her head."

It happened around 10.30am.

Two community support officers from Sussex Police and a sergeant went to the scene.

They used tablecloths to cover the woman and the restaurant's windshield to cordon off the area until paramedics arrived.

The victim was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said they were not treating it as suspicious.