A PEDESTRIAN who died after being hit by a van has been named.

The man who died in Chichester last week after the collision has been named as Spanish student Joan James Russon.

The 18-year-old student was on holiday with his parents visiting family in the Chichester area before the incident.

Emergency services were called to the collision between a green van and a pedestrian on the A27 westbound, close to the junction with the B2144 Shopwhyke Road, at 1.07am on Tuesday, May 1.

He was airlifted to Southampton General hospital with significant head injuries, where he later died.

Investigator Tony Crisp said: "We are appealing for witnesses, specifically anyone that was walking with Joan at around 00.20 at the cross in the centre of Chichester and two cyclists seen in Shopwyke Road from the Oving traffic lights towards Tangmere at around 1am."

Any witnesses or anyone with information can contact police online or by calling 101 quoting Operation Perimeter.