Champion apprentice jockey Joe Leavy, 20, is being treeated in intensive care after he crashed his car at 1.26am on Saturday morning as his trainer gave an update on his condition Joe Leavy was in a car crash (Image: PA)

A Champion apprentice jockey is in hospital fighting for his life after a late-night car crash.

Joe Leavy is being treated in intensive care after crashing his car at 1.26am this morning on a rural road near Lambourn.

The 20-tear-old sustained serious injuries to his collarbone and jaw but luckily avoided any other serious harm.

Leavy was driving the car with two other passengers at the time of the crash. Both passengers needed hospital treatment but have since been released.

A spokesman for the Thames Valley Police said: “Officers were called at around 1.

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