A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured in a car crash on Saturday (August 15).

Police were called to the scene on the A414 in High Ongar following reports of the collision, involving a Matchless motorbike and a Mercedes C180 at 3pm.

The 62-year-old biker was taken by air ambulance to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel for further care where he remains.

His pillion passenger, a 60-year-old woman, was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford with minor injuries.

Police say that the couple are from Lincolnshire.

The four occupants of the car, all from Essex, were not injured.

Police said the motorbike was travelling towards Ongar, and the car was going the opposite direction.

The A414 was closed at the junction with King Street for about four hours while emergency services were on scene and the vehicles were recovered.

Witnesses are asked to contact PC Garry Stansbie at Chigwell road policing unit on 101.