Police are investigating and appealing for witnesses after an elderly man died in a car crash in Southbourne.

The 75 year old, from the area, went into the back of a parked van on Wick Lane around 4-30 yesterday afternoon - and later died in hospital despite first aid efforts by the public and paramedics.

Police say they can't confirm or deny a theory he suffered a heart attack at the wheel - and will wait for the post-mortem.