Man fighting for his life after car crash

A man remains in hospital in critical condition after a car crash yesterday afternoon.

Police were called to London Road, Croydon at around 5pm on to reports of a road traffic collision.

Officers attended and found the driver of one of the cars, a man, seriously injured. The Met said it is believed he had a “medical episode”. 

The London Ambulance Services dispatched two ambulance crews, medics in two fast response cars, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and an air ambulance to the scene.

The man was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

The driver of the other car suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We sent multiple resources to the scene. Our first medics arrived in less than six minutes.

“We treated two patients and took them to hospital.”

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