A MAN has died after a car he was working on collapsed on top of him in Clacton.

Emergency services received reports of the incident in Dunthorpe Road, just before 6pm on Saturday.

The man had been working underneath the car when it happened.

Two ambulance crews and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were sent to the scene and crews attempted to save the man, aged in his 40s, who was still trapped underneath the car.

An ambulance spokesman said he had suffered serious chest injuries and gone into cardiac arrest when the car collapsed.

The spokesman added: “Despite the best efforts of our staff, he sadly died at the scene.”