A 68-year-old man has been killed in a hit and run collision in Bracknell this morning.

At 10.05am a cyclist was in a collision with a silver Audi A3 outside the Horse and Groom on the Bagshot Road.

Motorists stopped to help the injured pensioner before emergency services arrived. 

Police and ambulance crews, including the air ambulance, were sent to the crash site. The unnamed man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The entire length of the road between the roundabouts of the Bracknell Leisure centre and the Harvester was closed and traffic diverted through nearby housing estates.

A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said a 40-year-old man, of Surrey, had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop after an accident.

Sgt Justin Thomas said: “We are aware of at least three people who stopped at the scene and administered first aid, but they left before we arrived.

"We would like to them to contact us urgently as they may have information which would be helpful to us.”

Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them via 101 quoting URN 333 19/8.

The road was closed in both directions for four hours whilst forensic experts examined the scene.

A spokeswoman for the Southern Central Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 10.08 to a road traffic collision involving a push bike and a car.

"We sent an ambulance crew, an ambulance officer, a rapid response vehicle and the air ambulance."

All lanes in both directions had reopened by 2pm this afternoon.