A West Sussex man whose car crashed into a tree has died.

Stephen Feist, 32, of Stane Street, Pulborough, had to be cut free from the wreckage of his BMW estate after the accident in Mayes Lane, near Warnham, Horsham, on Friday at 8.20pm.

Paramedics and emergency doctors worked for an hour to stabilise him before he was transferred to a helicopter and taken to hospital.

But police revealed today that Mr Feist had died from his injuries.