Driver fighting for his life after serious road collision near M1

The victim was driving a blue Skoda fabia when he collided with the Iveco box van at the junction at Woolley Edge, near to the M1 in Wakefield, on Monday afternoon.

Emergency services attended the scene, and the Skoda driver was taken to hospital where he remains with life-threatening injuries.

Two other people involved in the crash suffered minor injuries, West Yorkshire Police said.

"Officers have already spoken to a number of witnesses but have asked that anyone who witnessed the collision itself or manner of driving of either vehicle involved immediately prior to the collision contacts police."

Information can be passed to police online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/contact-us or by calling 101, quoting log number 1141 of 01/07.