A WOMAN who was airlifted to hospital following a crash near York was fighting for her life in Leeds General Infirmary.

The woman, who is in her 60s, was a passenger in a red Honda car that was involved in a collision with a blue Subaru on the Escrick to Skipwith road, just before 3pm yesterday.

Police said the woman, who is from Lancashire, was last night in a “critical condition”.

The driver of the Honda, who is thought to be the woman’s husband, was discharged from York Hospital, and the driver of the Subaru, a local man who was airlifted to York Hospital, was in a stable condition.

Any witnesses to the accident or anyone who saw either vehicle prior to the crash is asked to phone TC Steve James, at Tadcaster Roads Policing Unit, on 0845 6060247.