Six people are fighting for their lives following a head on crash.

The casualties were in two cars travelling in different directions when they collided on the A264 at Holtye Common, between East Grinstead and Ashurst, at 11.40am this morning.

Seven people were trapped inside their vehicles. They were all rushed to hospital and six of them were last night still suffering from serious injuries.

The driver a Vauxhall Zafira taxi which, it is believed, was being driven off-duty, was airlifted to King's College Hospital, London.

Firefighters from Uckfield and Crowborough, the air ambulance, South East Coast Ambulance Service, the Sussex Police helicopter and Sussex Police attended the crash.

For the full story see Thursday's Argus.