POLICE officers investigating an assault at the Dartford Tunnel are asking for witnesses and dash cam footage.

On Monday, 30 January the victim was driving through the A282 Dartford tunnel from Kent towards Essex at around 2.30pm when he was involved in a "road rage" altercation with two vans.

The driver continued his journey, followed by the two vans who forced the driver to stop at the layby immediately after the tunnel. 

Three men from the two vans, a white van and a grey Peugeot, got out and assaulted the victim before getting back in their vans and driving away.

The victim, a man in his 20s, needed medical attention for a fractured eye socket he sustained as a result of the assault.

A police statement says: "If you have any information, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

"You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service available Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am-9pm.

"Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services. Alternatively, you can call us on 101.

"If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity on Twitter at @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.

"Please quote crime reference 42/19060/21 when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible."