A stretch of the A120 was closed off behind the crash scene.
A PENSIONER who died following a horrific crash on the A120 has been named.
Two cars were badly damaged in a major crash in the early hours of Sunday morning on the dual carriageway.
The 72-year-old victim has been named as Ronald Scannell from Kirby Cross.
Emergency services were called to the A120 at around 1.30am on Sunday to reports of a collision involving a silver Ford C-MAX and a black Skoda Octavia.
A woman aged in her 70s and a man aged in his 20s were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
They remain in a critical condition.
Mr Scannell died at the scene.
Police are appealing for witnesses to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101 or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk.
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