Two men arrested following A23 double fatal crash on Sunday

Two 21-year-old men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, questioned and released on bail. The two men were driving south to Brighton in the early hours of Sunday morning when a fatal crash occurred on the A23 at Pyecombe. No other vehicles were involved in the crash and two other men, aged 22 and 23, who were also in the vehicle were fatally injured and died at the scene.

The two 21-year-old men who survived, from Middlesex, were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital following the crash and were not seriously injured.

Police are appealing for witnesses of the collision or anyone who saw a black Peugeot 206 heading south on the A23 on early Sunday morning to contact them on 0845 60 70 999 (quoting operation Oxbridge).