A WOMAN is in a critical but stable condition following a car crash in High Garrett.

Emergency services were called to the A131 at about 2.15pm yesterday after a black Ford Ka and a black Mercedes convertible crashed.

The woman driving the Ka was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. She is in a critical but stable condition.

The two people in the Mercedes were treated for non-serious injuries at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

Police originally said the woman airlifted to hospital had been driving the Mercedes.