A CAR crush victim had to be airlifted to hospital after he was trapped between two vehicles in Orpington.

The man is seriously ill at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, following the accident in Mimosa Close.

He was working at the back of his silver Volkswagen panel van at around 6.16pm on Friday (April 24) when he was struck by a silver VW Golf and became crushed between the two vehicles.

A police spokesman said an elderly man was trying to park his car when the accident happened.

Police officers were at the scene until 12.19am on Saturday.

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