THERE are traffic problems in Benfleet this afternoon after a crash.

A grey Renault can and a white Ford estate car were involved in the collision just before 3pm on Hatley Gardens near its junction with London Road.

Ambulance and fire fighters were on scene.

Earlier, two people suffered minor injuries after a two car crash caused problems on London Road in Hadleigh, not far from the Lidl store just before 12.45pm.

It involved a black Ford car and black Vauxhall Vectra.