A woman is fighting for her life and a schoolboy is seriously injured after a five-car smash in Cambridge.
Police are looking for a driver, believed to have fled the scene, after the collision on the A14 near Newmarket on Friday night.
Emergency services rushed to the incident on the eastbound carriageway between junctions 36 and 37 at around 11.40pm.
The crash initially only involved a single vehicle – a grey Nissan Silva.
However, more collisions happened soon after and involved a grey Volvo, a grey Ford Ecosport, and a blue Peugeot.
The fifth vehicle is understood to have fled the scene before the police arrived and remains unidentified.
Detective Sergeant Craig Wheeler, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: ‘This was a nasty collision which has left three people seriously injured.
The collision happened on the A14 near Newmarket on Friday evening
‘I would like to hear from anyone who was driving on the eastbound or westbound carriageways who may have dashcam footage any of the collisions taking place, or any vehicles which drove through the scene at any stage.’
He added: ‘I would also like to appeal to the occupants of the vehicle that left the scene to get in touch as you may have vital information which would greatly assist our investigation.’
An East of England Ambulance spokesperson said: ‘Two ambulances, a paramedic car, two Hazardous Area Response Team vehicles and East Anglian Air Ambulance were sent to the Eastbound A14 near Swaffham Prior shortly before midnight on Friday 22 November, following reports of a multi-vehicle road traffic collision.’
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