A MOTORBIKE rider died in a crash with a tipper van on a main road.

Emergency services were called to the A29 Fairmile Bottom near Arundel at 7.14am today.

The 60-year-old rider from Chichester was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three occupants in the Ford Tipper van were not hurt.

Police have appealed for witnesses or those who saw either vehicle in the run-up to the crash.

Email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting Operation Oakhaven.