A DRIVER has been taken to hospital following a four-car crash on the A127 this morning.

The accident took place at around 7.30am this morning just before the Fortune of War roundabout.

A spokesman for the ambulance service confirmed that a crew treated a patient who was later taken to Basildon Hospital, and described as "conscious and breathing."

The incident, which has now been cleared, is causing queues back to the Nevendon junction.