Emergency services were called to a head-on collision between two cars in Upminster this morning.

The occupants of both cars were taken as a priority to Queen’s Hospital, Romford.

The cars collided at about 9am in the wet conditions on Sunnings Lane.

Two fire engines and a fire rescue unit attended, and fire crews cut people out of both cars – one reported to be a 28-year-old woman, the other an 18-year-old man.

London Ambulance Service sent two ambulance crews and a paramedic in a car. The woman was treated for back pain and the man for neck pain.

Were you there? Please call the Recorder news desk on 020 8477 3878 or e-mail news.desk@romfordrecorder.co.uk