A Mid Sussex man has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was hit by a van.

Steven Wright, 34, of Orchard Way, East Grinstead, was charged following the incident outside the Mid Sussex Timber Yard in Railway Approach, East Grinstead, at around 10.30pm last Friday.

David Elwood, 18, died in hospital late on Sunday night after receiving severe head injuries.

He had been taken to Hurstwood Park Neurological Hospital in Haywards Heath.

Mr Elwood, a ceramic tiler from Lingfield, had been out for the evening with friends.

Wright was due to appear before Horsham magistrates today.