Police have now provisionally named the man who died following a crash.
The crash happened on the A127 in Brentwood in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The man who died was Colin Carle, aged 33, from Grays.
He died after a Vauxhall Astra crashed with a lorry on the A127 near to the A128 roundabout, Brentwood Road.
Investigations into the crash are continuing and police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone who has dash cam footage or CCTV to contact the force if they have not done so already.
Anyone with information can call 101 quoting incident 69 of 4 June or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk
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