AN Otley magistrate is fighting for his life after being cut from the wreckage of a car involved in a three-vehicle pile-up at a notorious blackspot last Thursday.

Father of two David Tempest was one of two people freed by firefighters and taken to Leeds General Infirmary. He has serious head and chest injuries and his condition was said yesterday to be 'still critical'.

The three cars were involved in the incident shortly after 7pm on the A660 Leeds Road on the Otley side of Bar House Bend at Old Pool Bank.

Weetwood Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident, in which a white Toyota Celica, a silver Peugeot 306 and a blue Peugeot 306 collided. The road was closed for several hours.

A spokesman from Rawdon Fire Station said that fire crews from both Rawdon and Otley were called to the scene, and they used hydraulic equipment to cut people out of the wreckage.

Anyone with information about the incident, or who saw the cars before the accident, is asked to contact Weetwood Police on (0113) 2413459.

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