PARAMEDICS treated a women in her 20s after a road accident involving a lorry in Basildon.

Police and ambulance crews were called to Cranes Farm Road, near the roundabout for Festival Leisure Park, shortly before 7pm on Thursday.

The accident involved a lorry without a trailer and a car, several other vehicles stopped at the scene to assist.

Police officers blocked one lane of the eastbound carriageway, but traffic was still able to pass.

An ambulance car attended the scene and paramedics administered treatment on a grass verge at the roadside.

An ambulance spokeswoman confirmed the woman involved in the accident was taken to Basildon Hospital soon after for treatment on back pain.