Driver airlifted after Somerset crash between car and lorry
Police urged motorists to avoid the area of the crash
A driver has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash involving a car and a lorry.
Emergency services were called to the collision on the A358 at Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset just before 15:50 GMT.
Avon and Somerset Police said a black Range Rover and a white DAF lorry travelling in opposite directions collided.
The road was closed between Bickenhall Lane and Griffin Lane.
A police spokesperson said the driver of the car suffered injuries described as life-threatening and their next of kin was being supported.
The lorry driver was also taken hospital with less serious injuries.
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