A CAR smashed into the front door of an estate agents.

Emergency services were called to the crash at the Haart offices in Head Street, Colchester, around 4pm today.

Police, the ambulance service and fire crews from Colchester and West Mersea attended.

A spokesman for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said no one was trapped in the car but crews had to make the scene safe.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said it assisted a man at the scene but he was not seriously hurt and did not require hospital treatment.

It is unclear whether police have made any arrests in connection with the incident.