A WOMAN from Poole remains in a critical condition after she was involved in a crash that claimed the lives of two people on Friday evening.

A 45-year-old man from Poole, who was driving a blue Volkswagen Transporter van, was killed in the head-on collision, which happened on the A37 near Grimstone at about 10.15pm.

A Dorset Police spokeswoman from said a 37-year-old woman from Poole, who was in the van's passenger seat of the van, remains in a life-threatening condition at Yeovil District Hospital.

Police say the collision involved the van and a black Volkswagen Golf.

Sadly, a 25-year-old Bridport woman, named by her family as Louiza Covey, who was a passenger in the Golf, was also killed in the crash.

The Dorset police spokeswoman said the driver of the car, a 28-year-old man from Devon, remains in Bristol Hospital with life-changing injuries.

Two other passengers, a 28-year-old man from Exeter, 28, and a 26-year-old woman from the Bridport area, 26, also suffered life-changing injuries and yesterday remained in hospital.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the manner of driving of either vehicle prior to the crash is urged to contact Dorset Police on 101, quoting incident number 8:422.