Accidents

Specialist officers supporting families of two men, aged 20 and 42, who died between Braintree and Coggeshall on Wednesday afternoon.

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance team came to the Hammers striker’s rescue after he crashed his Ferrari on a road in Epping Forest in December.

The northbound carriageway between Stortford and Duxford was closed for several hours after a lorry smashed into a safety barrier.

Police, ambulance and fire and rescue services called to Bishop’s Stortford Canoe Club shortly before noon on Sunday (March 23).

Emergency services were called to Windhill on Thursday evening while a parents evening was taking place at St Mary’s School.

Police, fire service and paramedics sent to Sawbridgeworth after Mercedes goes into front of Clique in Bell Street.

Police say westbound carriageway likely to remain closed for some time and advise motorists to avoid the area.

Sunday morning collision on southbound motorway between Bishop’s Stortford and Harlow was second in three days following fatal smash on Thursday.

Elderly man slightly injured and main road closed near Leventhorpe School after up to five vehicles – three of them parked – involved in collision.

The vehicle hit a stationary road works truck on the southbound carriageway between junctions 9 and 8 on Saturday.

The district had the fewest kitchen fires in Essex in 2024 with 12 incidents – an average of one a month – compared to 61 in Southend-on-Sea.

The death, which happened soon after midnight on Sunday (December 29), has been referred to the Essex coroner’s office.

The B1256 road leading to Takeley from the M11 junction 8 roundabout was shut at Takeley Street on Monday after a car crash late on Sunday night.

It is believed the driver of a Ford Focus suffered a medical episode in the incident in Church Road on Sunday afternoon.

The accident happened on Monday evening as the truck laden with hay bales tried to pass beneath the bridge

Police said a car and a van were involved in a collision outside the Wood Grill restaurant.

Southbound carriageway between junctions 7a and 7 was closed for around three hours after two vehicles caught fire following collision.

The collision on the corner of Dunmow Road and London Road on Thursday evening involved a Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Corolla.

Greater Anglia said due to number of incidents it did not expect to run trains between Harlow and Cambridge, including Stansted Airport, until 5pm.

A woman was slightly injured and a car was damaged when a tree fell across Stortford Hall Park in Sunday’s high winds from Storm Bert.