A CYCLIST was taken to hospital following a crash in Grays.

The accident between the car and the cyclist happened in Orsett Road just before 9.30am on Monday (April 16).

The man, believed to be in his sixties, was taken to Basildon Hospital.

His exact injuries are not known.

Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “The initial call we received stated a cyclist was trapped between a car and a pushbike.

"A Basildon ambulance crew treated and stabilised a man who we believe to be in his 60s at the roadside before he was taken to Basildon Hospital with slight injuries.”