Police are appealing for help in finding a man and a woman after a crash on the A2 saw a person being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

Update: Two people have been arrested in connection with this crash.

The incident happened at 10.40pm on Friday (February 16) on the Watling Street coastbound carriageway between the A296 and Ebbsfleet junctions.

Three cars were involved, a black Ford Fiesta, a blue Audi S3 and a blue MG HS.

A passenger in the Fiesta was airlifted to a London hospital with serious injuries.

The driver and a second passenger were also treated for injuries which are not believed to be serious.

The driver of the blue Audi S3 had left the scene before police arrived.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts should call 999, quoting reference 46/26784/24.