A 39-year-old man from Crawley died after a collision with a bus on The Boulevard on Thursday evening, turning a busy town-centre route into the scene of a fatal crash and prompting a police appeal for witnesses and footage.
Emergency services were called to The Boulevard at about 20:20 BST, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.
The route was closed between the High Street and College Road for several hours after the collision, which happened in Crawley town centre. Sussex Police said the investigation into the circumstances is ongoing, and the force has not yet explained how the bus and the motorcyclist came to collide.
That uncertainty is now the heart of the case. Police need people who saw what happened, or who may have captured relevant footage, to come forward as they try to piece together the final moments before the crash. For anyone searching for answers in Crawley, that is the gap that remains: what caused the collision, and whether witnesses or video can fill it.
