A pensioner remains in hospital today with life-threatening injuries after being involved in a serious crash.
A woman in her seventies was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle after the Volkswagen Golf she was travelling in was involved in a collision with a white van.
It happened on the A6 near Plumpton, north of Penrith, on Wednesday shortly after 12.30pm.
The driver of the Golf was a 39-year-old woman from Carlisle was treated for minor injuries.
Her passenger, the elderly woman, suffered serious injuries to her chest, hip and ankle.
A police spokesman told The Cumberland News : "She remains in a critical condition with life-threatening injuries."
The driver of the van, a 29-year-old man from Gateshead, was uninjured.
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