ONE man was killed and another airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a head-on crash yesterday.

Two other people were injured in yesterday's two car crash, which blocked the A173 at Pinchinthorpe, between Guisborough and Great Ayton, in east Cleveland.

The dead man was described as being in his 20s.

The man flown to hospital, who was 21, had suffered serious head injuries and a broken leg.