Drivers in the Halstead area are being asked to contact police with any information they may have regarding a life-threatening crash on Friday night.
The crash took place in High Street and police were called reports of a collision involving a red Honda motorbike and a silver Vauxhall van shortly before 8.30pm on Friday, September 21.
Officers and paramedics arrived and the motorcyclist, an 18-year-old man, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He remains in a critical condition.
The van driver, a 22-year-old man from Halstead, was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He has since been released under investigation.
Police are appealing for anyone who was driving in the area around this time who saw or has dash cam footage of the incident to contact them. If you have any information, please contact Stanway Roads Policing Unit on 101, quoting incident 1229 of September 21.
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