Two men have been airlifted to hospital with "serious injuries" after a crash involving two cars in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

Two air ambulances, a community first responder and two ambulances were dispatched to the crash involving a silver Mercedes and a red Hyundai near to New Lodge Farm on the A53, in Flash, just before 5:30pm yesterday (17 August).

The driver of one car suffered "serious injuries" and received trauma care at the scene. The driver of the second car was in a "critical condition with serious injuries" and he also received trauma care at the scene.

Two girls, passengers in the Hyundai, sustained "non-life-threatening injuries" and were taken to the Royal Stoke by paramedics on land while both men were airlifted to the same hospital.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "When ambulance staff arrived, they found two cars which had been involved in a significant collision near to Flash Bar Café. Crews worked with fire colleagues on scene to carefully extricate the occupants from both cars.

"The driver and sole occupant of one car, a man, had suffered serious injuries in the collision. He received trauma care by the team of medics before being airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further trauma care.

"The driver of the second car, a man, was in a critical condition with serious injuries. The team of ambulance staff worked rapidly to administer trauma care to the man to stabilise his condition before being airlifted to the same hospital for onward specialist care.

"Two passengers from the same car, two females, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were given treatment at the roadside by paramedics before being conveyed by land ambulance to the same hospital."

Staffordshire Police is appealing for information and dashcam footage.

Contact Staffordshire Police on 101, use Live Chat on the website, or email the collision investigation unit at [email protected], quoting incident number 533 of 17 August.