POLICE are investigating after a car drove into a wall near Colchester town centre at 3am this morning.

Police and paramedics were called to Mersea Road, near St Botolph's Roundabout and found a blue Renault Clio with two occupants.

One, a 22-year-old man from Colchester, was rushed to hospital with serious leg injuries.

He was arrested at Colchester General Hospital on suspicion of a number of driving offences.

The other occupant was not hurt.

Anyone with information call Colchester police on 101.