Elderly man dies after car and lorry crash on busy Essex road
A man has tragically died after a collision involving a car and a lorry on the outskirts of Chelmsford. Emergency services rushed to Vicarage Road in Roxwell on Friday afternoon (September 20). The collision occurred shortly before 1.30pm and police and ambulance service colleagues attended the scene.
The road was closed for five hours whilst emergency services attended the incident. Vicarage Road was closed between Boyton Cross and Lordship Road after a car and a flatback lorry collided. The driver of the car, in their 70s, sadly died at the scene.
READ MORE: Homes raided as trio arrested over fake airbags which pose ‘serious threat’[1] ALSO READ: Developers resubmit plans for 35 new homes in Essex shopping centre[2] No arrests have been made in connection with the collision.
Essex Police said a file is to be prepared for the coroner. A spokesperson for Essex Police said: “If you have any information, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, and have not already spoken to officers, then please get in contact with us. You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.
“It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk[3]. Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101[4] to find out more about our website reporting services. Alternatively, you can call us on 101.
“In an emergency always call 999.
If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity on Twitter at @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.
Please quote incident 639 of 20 September when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible.”
References
- ^ Homes raided as trio arrested over fake airbags which pose ‘serious threat’ (www.essexlive.news)
- ^ Developers resubmit plans for 35 new homes in Essex shopping centre (www.essexlive.news)
- ^ www.essex.police.uk (www.essex.police.uk)
- ^ www.essex.police.uk/digital101 (www.essex.police.uk)