RESCUE workers airlifted a man to hospital after he was seriously hurt in a crash on the A272 this morning.
Firefighters used heavy rescue equipment to free the Audi TT driver after his car was involved in a collision with a Peugeot 307 near the junction with Kent Street, Cowfold at about 7.15 am.
An ambulance crew initially treated the man took the man, who was thought to have potentially life-threatening injuries, before he flown by helicopter to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London.
Police closed the road between Cowfold and Bolney, diverting rush-hour traffic.
Fire and rescue crews from Partridge Green, Horsham, Burgess Hill, and Hurstpierpoint attended the crash and were at the scene for about an hour.
A fire brigade spokesman said: "One male was extricated using heavy rescue equipment and taken to hospital by ambulance."
The road re-opened at lunchtime.
The Peugeot driver was uninjured. Any witnesses to the crash are asked to contact the Road Policing Unit on 0845 60 70 999 quoting Operation Stoner.