TWO men and a teenage girl suffered minor injuries after two crashes in quick succession.

Emergency services were called at around 5.15pm on Monday to reports of a crash between two cars in Colchester Road, St Osyth.

East of England Ambulance Service sent a rapid response vehicle, two ambulance crews and an ambulance officer.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance was also in attendance.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "We treated two patients, an adult male and a teenage female - both were conscious and breathing.

"The adult was treated for minor head injuries and the teenage girl for neck and back pain.

"They were taken to Colchester General Hospital for further treatment.

"There was a second accident involving a motorcycle very soon after the first.

"The rider was conscious and breathing, suffering minor facial injuries.

"He was not conveyed to hospital and was treated at the scene."

A spokesman for Essex Fire Service said one engine from Brightlingsea and one from Colchester were called to a crash between two cars and a motorbike.

There was nobody trapped but crews cleared debris and made the road safe.

The road was clear by 6pm.