A Romford man is seriously ill in hospital after a horror smash in Essex.

Police were called to Tollesbury Road, Tollesbury, at 3pm yesterday (Sunday June 19) after a red MG sports car and a silver Ford Mondeo travelling in the opposite direction collided.

The MG driver, a 50-year-old man, was taken by air ambulance to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, with serious head injuries.

His condition is critical.

A 64-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the Mondeo, was taken to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, with serious injuries.

The collision happened on a bend between Tollesbury and Tolleshunt D’Arcy.

Anyone who saw what happened, or anyone who was on that road at the time and may have seen the vehicles prior to the collision, should contact Pc Alan Marks at the Central Road Policing Unit on 0300 333 4444.