Firefighters cut a man free from a van after it careered off the road and ended up in a ditch.
Crews from Tiptree and Coggeshall were called to Coggeshall Road, Kelvedon, at about 5.20pm yesterday after the white Ford van left the road.
The man was freed by 6.05pm and taken by ambulance to Colchester General Hospital.
Police said his injuries were not believed to be serious.
The road was cleared and re-opened by 7.30pm
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