A CHILD has died after a motor scooter came off the road and crashed in East Preston.

The 15-year-old lost his life after the green Kawasaki J300 he was riding left the road at the junction with Vicarage Lane and hit street furniture at around 7 am on Tuesday.

Sussex Police said the teenager is local and his next of kin have been informed.

The force is now appealing for witnesses to the crash.

Detective Sergeant Rob Baldwin of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said, “This is a tragic incident involving a child and we are conducting a thorough investigation to establish the circumstances.

“I would appeal to anyone with information, who has not yet been spoken to by police, to contact us as soon as possible.

“We are particularly interested in dash camera footage or CCTV showing a green and silver motor scooter being ridden around the local area prior to the collision.”

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk, quoting Operation Hawthorns.

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