A 19-year-old has been bailed as two people remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash near a west Suffolk town.

Officers from Cambridgeshire police were called to reports of the collision in Newmarket's Duchess Drive, at the junction with Court Barns, at about 4.45pm on Monday. 

The crash involved a black Mercedes CLA 180 and a grey Mercedes E350. 

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A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said the cars collided at the junction before leaving the road and crashing into the wall of a nearby property. 

An 18-year-old male passenger in the black car suffered life-threatening injuries while the second passenger, a 16-year-old boy, suffered minor injuries.

A 70-year-old man, who was driving the grey Mercedes, also suffered life-threatening injuries.

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The 18-year-old male and the 70-year-old man remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries, police confirmed on Friday.

The driver of the black Mercedes, a 19-year-old man, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. 

He has now been bailed to return to police on December 20.