A MAN was killed in an accident with a Mercedes on an unlit country lane.

The incident happened at around 11pm on Friday in London Road, Balcombe, when the man was injured by the saloon car heading north.

Police are not naming the man until they have traced his relatives, but have said he was a local man in his late fifties.

After the accident, he was taken to the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, where he later died from his injuries.

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