No-one is believed to have been seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash in Witham this afternoon.
Police were called to Maldon Road, near the Sauls Bridge Close junction, shortly before 4pm after a black Toyota Auris, red Vauxhall Astra and a grey Toyota Hilux were in collision.
A section of the road was closed off for about an hour while the vehicles were removed.
Paramedics and fire fighters also attended the scene.
Fire fighters released a trapped man using one set of cutting equipment.
He was left in the care of the ambulance service.
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