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Last Updated: Saturday, 27 March, 2004, 15:08 GMT
Roads closed after two crashes
One person has died in a head-on crash between two vehicles and a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a collision - after two separate accidents in Essex.

Two vehicles collided at 1120 GMT on Saturday in Althorne and the main road to Burnham-on-Crouch was closed.

The north-bound carriageway of the A12 was closed at Ardleigh after a car and motorcycle collided at about 1200 GMT.

The air ambulance took the seriously injured bike rider to hospital and the road will be shut for several hours.




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