An elderly cyclist has died in a collision in Nutley.

79 year-old Michael Long was declared dead at the scene shortly before 10 o’clock Sunday morning after being in collision with a Renault Megane on A22 High Street.

The cyclist and the vehicle were travelling in opposite directions when the incident occurred outside Nutley Service Station.

The road was closed for 6 hours whilst the air ambulance attended and investigation work carried out.

The 32-year-old driver from East Grinstead was not hurt.