A DRIVER has been seriously injured in a car crash.

Emergency services were called to the scene in Long Furlong after a black Chrysler Voyager collided head-on with a white Toyota Aygo.

The crash happened between Findon and Clapham just before 9.30am.

The driver of the Chrysler, a 25-year-old man from Crawley, and his passenger both suffered minor injuries.

However, the 60-year-old driver of the Toyota, a woman from Rustington, suffered multiple serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

The road was closed while a rescue and an investigation took place.

It was re-opened at about 3.30pm.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to report online or call 101 quoting Operation Envelope.”