A WOMAN has been taken to hospital with a suspected neck injury after a crash on Southend seafront.

The mother, who was driving her three-year-old daughter, has been taken to Southend Hospital after a silver Nissan Micra crashed into the back of her black Ford Fiesta at lunchtime today.

The Nissan failed to stop as the Fiesta braked, reportedly as a hearse left care home Dolphin Court.

Traffic jams formed as the vehicles blocked the westbound lane of Eastern Esplanade, but the road has now completely reopened.