A PERSON involved in a crash on the A40 near Witney on Wednesday was in a life-threatening condition in hospital last night.

The accident, which took place at 3pm on the eastbound carriageway past the junction with the A415 at Ducklington, involved a tractor and two 4x4s.

One person released from under the tractor by firefighters was airlifted to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital . Two others suffered minor injuries.