At around 7.30pm yesterday (January 31), emergency services including the air ambulance rushed to the scene in Dane End’s Whitehill following reports of a crash.
A silver Nissan Note containing four people, for reasons unknown at this time, left the road and went up a verge and into a field, where it eventually came to a stop.
The front seat passenger, a 13-year-old girl, sustained serious head injuries and was airlifted to hospital, where she remains in a critical condition.
The other passengers, a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were taken to the Lister Hospital with minor injuries.
The driver, a 40-year-old man from Ware left the scene. He was arrested nearby on suspicion of causing a serious injury by dangerous driving, drink driving and taking a motor vehicle without consent. He is currently in police custody.
Detective Sergeant Ben Heath from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: “We are keen to hear from anyone who was driving in this area yesterday evening and had a dash cam in operation.
“We would also like to speak to you if you witnessed the collision or saw the car being driven prior to it.”
You can report information online at herts.police.uk/report, via online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact, or by calling the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference 41/9844/26.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.