A man has died in hospital following a road crash in Southend.

The collision happened in Kenilworth Gardens, Leigh when a blue Ford Mondeo struck traffic lights outside Leigh fire station at 8.30am on Friday, May 14.

The 58-year-old driver from Rayleigh was airlifted to Romford’s Queens Hospital. Sadly, he died there on Wednesday, May 19.

The cause of death is natural causes. There will be no inquest

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