A CRASH involving a car and a truck resulted in a busy road being shut down during rush hour traffic.
Essex Police were called to reports of a collision on the A133 near Great Bentley shortly after 3.15pm today.
Upon arrival officers established a car and a truck had been involved in a crash and the truck had came to a stop in a ditch.
The road was subsequently closed in both directions while the vehicles were recovered.
As a result, heavy traffic quickly built up to the A120 and towards Clacton with drivers facing long delays.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "If you have any information you can submit a report online at essex.police.uk or call 101 and quote incident 727 of 26 July.
"You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
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