A 19 year old man from Crawley Down was seriously injured in an accident on the M23 in Crawley yesterday morning.

The man was airlifted to the Royal London Free Hospital in Whitechapel after the collision in the northbound carriageway and is in a critical condition.

He was one of two men travelling in a car which had allegedly been stolen and had been abandoned in Stace Way. One man was arrested and the other ran off on foot and was involved in the collision with a car driving northbound on the M23.

The road had to be closed southbound and northbound for the casualty to be treated and for the air ambulance to land.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision on the northbound carriageway of the M23 between junction 10a and 10.

Anyone with information should ring 101