A man was found dead on a roadside in Dunmow.

Police were contacted after the 75-year-old from the Dunmow area was found lying next to a car on a hard standing next to a roundabout in Chelmsford Road.

It was just off the B184 junction with the A120 roundabout.

He died at the scene just after 4.30pm yesterday.

An investigation is being carried out in to the circumstances leading up to his death.

The car, a blue Jaguar, was taken away for examination.

The incident is not being treated as suspicious and investigators from the Essex Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit will be liaising with the coroner.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the unit on 101.