AN elderly man has sustained serious injuries after being involved in a collision with a car.
Essex Police were called to the junction with Carnarvon Road, in Clacton, at around 9.50am today.
The force had received reports that a pedestrian and a vehicle had been involved in a collision.
The elderly man suffered serious head and neck injuries.
Officers remain stationed at the scene and a roundabout in Wellesley Road, not far from the junction with Old Road, is currently closed off.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said: "An ambulance was called out to a road traffic collision on Carnarvon Road in Clacton just before 10am this morning.
"A male patient was transported to Colchester General Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”
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Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Essex Police on 101 quoting incident 285 of 5 February or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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