A woman has been taken to hospital following a collision between a bus and a car.

The single decker bus and silver Astra car crashed outside the Bulmer Fox Pub on the A131 on Tuesday just before 6.15pm.

The female driver of the car was cut out by firefighters and was freed by 8pm.

She was taken to Colchester Hospital with head and leg injuries, but is said to be in a stable condition.