A 16-year-old moped rider died from multiple injuries when his machine crashed with a car at Forest Row.

The accident happened in Hartfield Road just after 9.15pm last night.

Danny Edwards, of Hartfield, near Crowborough, was in collision with a Proton car driven by a 26-year-old man, also from Hartfield.

The car driver, who has not been named, was taken to the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells suffering from shock.

The road was closed for several hours while traffic police investigated.