A motorcylist has been killed after an accident near Chessington World of Adventures this morning.

Police were called to an accident at 11.15am after a crash between a lorry, described by a witness as a petrol truck, and a motorcycle.

The accident happened between Garrison Lane and the Malden Rushett crossroads at Fairoak Lane.

The road is still closed.

A London Ambulance spokesman said: "We were called at 11.10am and sent a responder in a car, an ambulance car and an officer but sadly the patient was dead at the scene."

The A243 Leatherhead Road is blocked both ways with traffic queueing.

Buses are being diverted.

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