Fatal incident - the A12 was closed on Saturday morning (Image: Essex Police)
A MAN arrested after an incident on the A12 where a motorcyclist was killed has been released under investigation.
Police officers were called at 4.40am on the Colchester-bound carriageway between Marks Tey and Stanway on Saturday.
A Volkswagen Golf and a motorbike had been in a collision and the rider of the motorbike had died at the scene.
A 26 year-old man from Ipswich was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless while unfit through drink, driving while unfit through drink or drugs, failing to stop at the scene, and drink driving.
He has been released under investigation.
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