Two drivers escaped serious injury when a truck carrying bricks overturned on one of the busiest roads onto Canvey.

The pick-up truck rolled over in an accident with a blue Ford Mondeo on Canvey Way at 2pm yesterday, scattering bricks onto the road.

The 35-year-old driver of the pick-up truck, from Canvey, escaped with just a cut to his chin.

The car driver, a woman aged 40 from Leigh, sustained a minor head injury.

Both were taken to Southend Hospital to be treated.

Essex Ambulance operations manager Lisa Fautley said the drivers were fortunate to escape serious injury.

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