A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a crash involving a motorbike and car.

The crash happened at around 4.15pm yesterday on the A280 Angmering Bypass near the junction with Water Lane.

A man was taken to the Royal County Sussex Hospital in Brighton with serious injuries.

An air ambulance also attended the crash.

The Argus: The road was closed for a few hoursThe road was closed for a few hours (Image: Eddie Mitchell)

A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

He has been released under investigation while enquiries continue.

The road was closed temporarily to allow emergency services to respond to the collision and for the vehicles involved to be recovered. It has since reopened.