A driver was airlifted to hospital with "life-threatening" injuries after a crash between a car and a van. 

Emergency services were called to the scene in Nuthurst Road, about 300 yards south of the junction with the A281 at Monk's Gatem Horsham, a few minutes before 2pm yesterday, where a blue Ford Fiesta had collided with a Ford Transit van.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "The driver of the Fiesta, a 24-year-old man from Horsham, was flown to St George's Hospital in Tooting with life-threatening multiple injuries.

"The driver of the Transit, a 25-year-old man from Worthing and a passenger in the Fiesta, a 25-year-old man, sustained minor injuries. They were both taken to the East Surrey Hospital at Redhill for treatment."

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information relating to it is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting Operation Ickford or call 101.

Did you see what happened? Call 01273 544545 or email henry.holloway@theargus.co.uk.