A driver had to be cut free from their car following a two-vehicle crash.
The crash happened on the A120 in Braintree at 2.45pm.
Fire crews used cutting equipment to release one of the drivers and stabilised the vehicle until paramedics arrived.
The casualty was left in the care of the ambulance service at 4pm.
More to follow.
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