Police are appealing for information following a fatal road crash in Braintree.

A woman pedestrian was in collision with a red Renault Clio at the bottom of the on-slip to the eastbound carriageway of the A120 near to its junction with London Road shortly after 7.30pm yesterday.

The 38-year-old Braintree woman was taken to Broomfield Hospital but sadly later died.

A 21-year-old Braintree man, who had been driving the the car, was uninjured.

A section of the road was closed for three hours while forensic collision investigators carried out enquiries into the cause of the crash.

Anyone with information in connection with this crash is urged to contact Essex Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101 or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk.