A DRIVER was airlifted to hospital after running into the back of a parked car in Beckenham.

The accident, in Eden Park Avenue, was spotted by London Ambulance support workers who called paramedics and HEMS air ambulance.

He was treated for head and neck injuries after being removed from the car on a spine board and taken to Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel, east London.

The smash happened shortly before 2pm on December 19.

A London Ambulance spokesman said: "Our crews stabilised his condition and took him to hospital by helicopter."