POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a car crash in Ossett.

The collision happened at around 11.30pm last night on Spring End Road, close to the Mallin and Son business premises, and left a female passenger with life-threatening injuries.

It involved a blue Fiat Punto which was travelling from Spa Street onto Spring End Road, before losing control and colliding with a stone wall.

Both of the vehicle’s occupants were injured, with the driver suffering minor injuries.

Anyone who may have seen the collision or the circumstances leading up to it, or anyone with dashcam footage, is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit by calling 101, or online via www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat, quoting reference number 1860 of 31 March.