Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision near Chichester where a lorry driver died.
Emergency services were called to the scene of a one vehicle collision on the A27 near Emsworth at around 4.15pm on Monday (16 January).
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A lorry travelling west collided with the central reservation and ended up on the eastbound carriageway. No other vehicles were involved.
The driver of the lorry, a 60-year-old man from Waterlooville, sadly died at the scene.
Inspector Stewart Goodwin said: “We are appealing to anyone who was travelling on the A27 near Chichester at around that time and saw what happened.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on [email protected]
