\n Emergency services were called to Northern Approach at around 6.30am on April 19 after reports of a crash involving one car.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite the efforts of responders, the man, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n His family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.\n<\/p>\n
\n The driver of the car, a 37-year-old woman from Maldon, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, driving while unfit through drink or drugs, and possession of a Class B drug.\n<\/p>\n
\n She remains under investigation as enquiries continue.\n<\/p>\n
\n In an earlier statement released this morning, an Essex Police spokesperson said: \u201cWe are on the scene of a serious collision involving one car in Northern Approach, Colchester.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe collision was reported to us at 6.30am, and we expect the road to remain closed for a number of hours while we carry out our enquiries.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cDrivers should expect delays and plan their journeys accordingly.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe will provide further updates regarding the incident and closure as soon as we can, and we thank you for your patience while emergency services work at the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf anyone has any information or dashcam footage relating to this incident, please get in touch quoting incident 235 of Sunday April 19.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Police have reiterated their appeal for information and are urging anyone who witnessed the collision, or who may have relevant dashcam or doorbell footage, to come forward.\n<\/p>\n
\n Information can be submitted online via Essex Police\u2019s reporting tools or Live Chat service, which operates 24 hours a day. Alternatively, members of the public can call 101 quoting incident 235 of April 19.\n<\/p>\n
\n Anonymous reports can also be made through the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or visiting their website.\n<\/p>\n
\n Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services were called to Northern Approach at around 6.30am on April 19 after reports of a crash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-540479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}