A Benfleet motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a crash in Springfield, near Chelmsford.

Police received a call from the ambulance service after a motorcycle rider came off his bike and ended up in a ditch in Colchester Road around noon on Saturday.

The 56-year-old biker from Benfleet was taken to hospital with serious leg injury.

Police understand the collision occurred as the lorry came out at the junction of Fordson Road.

Anyone with information or dash cam footage is asked to call the Casualty Reduction Section on 101 quoting incident 528 of 06/10 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.