A MAN has been taken to hospital after his car overturned.

Two drivers were treated at the scene on Forest Road, in Colchester, after the incident, which happened at around 6.30pm yesterday.

It is believed the drivers were racing their cars when one of them crashed into the pavement.

A driver at the scene said: "I was informed by police the two had been racing and it was when one of the drivers tried to take over the other that the car hit the kerb and flipped over.

"One man was in the road being attended to and then taken off to hospital.

"Another was sat against a wall with a neck brace on being attended to."

Delays could be expected in the area after the road was closed.

More to follow.