Firefighters used cutting equipment to free a man who was trapped in his car after a two-vehicle crash.

Crews were called to Cumberland Avenue, Benfleet, at 11am today.

The casualty had been released from the car by 11.40am.

An ambulance also attended the scene and treated the man, in his 80s, for suspected chest pain.

He was taken to Southend Hospital for further treatment, but his injuries were not thought to be serious.