POLICE are appealing for witnesses to crash involving two cars happned at 13.40 today in Gloucester.

A Mercedes, driven by a 57-year-old Gloucester woman, was in a minor collision with a Mini, driven by another Gloucester woman, aged 60, on Trier Way near the Go Outdoors store.

The Mercedes driver was taken by ambulance to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital with life threatening injuries.

The driver of the Mini was also taken to the same hospital, with minor injuries, as a precaution.

One lane of the road was blocked for about 3 hours but has now been cleared.

If anyone can help with more information as to what happened or actually saw the incident, please call 101 quoting Incident number 245 of 20/10/14