Firefighters were called to assist at the scene of a road traffic collision on the A12.
Two cars had been in collision on the A12 northbound carriageway between Junctions 18 and 19 at about 5.20pm last night.
A man and a woman were injured and treated at the scene by the ambulance service before being taken to hospital at 18.31.
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