Investigations are under way after a man died in a fall from scaffolding on Canvey.

The man, aged 31, was working at the Wilcon Homes site, in Thorney Bay Road, when the accident happened on Friday.

The man, who is believed to be from Kent, was taken to Basildon Hospital where he was certified dead.

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