AN articulated vehicle transporting a container was left of its side as it traveersed the manorway roundabout junction with the A13 late on Wednesday evening.

Emergency services attended and the junction was partly blocked while a recovery operation was put in place.

A statement from the East of England Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 10.04pm with reports of a collision on a roundabout of the A1013 in Stanford-le-Hope.

"We sent one ambulance and an ambulance officer vehicle.

"A man was taken to Basildon and Thurrock Hospital for further care."