A 27-year-old woman was airlifted to Oldchurch Hospital with serious injuries after the car in which she was a passenger collided with a van at an Aveley road junction.

The accident occurred at around 1.30pm on Saturday when a white Renault Master van, travelling along Sandy Lane towards London, was in collision with a blue Ford Fiesta. travelling on New Road towards Grays.

The 45-year-old driver of the van, from Pitsea, suffered minor injuries.

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