A PEDESTRIAN has been seriously injured in a suspected hit and run crash with police appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

Officers were called to Selhurst Park Road in East Dean, near Chichester, following reports of a crash involving one vehicle and a pedestrian.

The vehicle left the scene after the crash shortly after 10pm on Friday August 27.

Police say despite numerous enquiries no details of the vehicle involved are currently known.

The pedestrian - a 30-year-old man - suffered a fractured arm, ligament and soft tissues damage, cuts and bruising.

He was taken to hospital for treatment and has since been discharged to continue his recovery at home.

The Argus: Officers were called to Selhurst Park Road in East Dean, near Chichester, shortly after 10pm on Friday, August 27Officers were called to Selhurst Park Road in East Dean, near Chichester, shortly after 10pm on Friday, August 27

Police investigating the matter are keen to speak to any witnesses, or anyone who may have captured any relevant dash cam footage from the area around that time.

They would particularly like to speak to the occupants of a vehicle who stopped to check on the pedestrian, but later drove off.

Anyone with information is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk, report online or call 101 quoting serial 72 of 15/09.