A VEHICLE is reported to have been travelling the wrong way on the eastbound carriageway of the A13 between Stanford-le-Hope and Basildon this afternoon.

A crash resulted which has caused considerable tailbacks.

A police statement says: "We have closed part of the A13 near Stanford-le-Hope this afternoon, Saturday, 19 February, due to a collision.

"Two people have been arrested. No one is believed to have been seriously injured."

Updates to follow.