The A133 between Weeley and Little Clacton was closed off for several hours after the crash (Image: Sarah Lucy brown)
A second man has died following a collision in Weeley on Monday.
The 74-year-old man from Brandon died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge yesterday, following a two-vehicle crash between Progress Way, Little Clacton, and Colchester Road, Weeley.
He was the driver of a beige Kia Sedona which was involved in a collision with a red Ford Focus at about 5pm.
The driver of the Focus, a 70-year-old man from Clacton, was pronounced dead at the scene and a 65-year-old woman remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Colchester.
Any witnesses to the collision are asked to call officers at the serious collision investigation unit on 101 or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk
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