A ROAD was closed after an accident with police on the scene.
Officers with Essex Police were at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Hatfield Road in Witham.
Police closed the road between the junction of Maltings Lane and the junction on Spinks Lane.
Witham – accident involving two vehicles on Hatfield Road (A1389) police on scene and have closed the road between the junction of Maltings Lane and the junction Spinks Lane. Traffic being diverted via Maltings Lane and Howbridge Road. pic.twitter.com/M9RudcPeH7
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Traffic is currently being diverted with traffic round the area slow.
UPDATE: The road has since been reopened.
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