POLICE are appealing for witnesses following the death of a man in his sixties who was in collision with a lorry.

We are appealing for witnesses or anyone with footage to come forward after a fatal collision in Grays.

Officers were called to collision between a lorry and a pedestrian, in The incident happened in Oliver Road, West Thurrock, at around 6.30am on Friday, 20 December.

The road was closed for a number of hours while officers worked alongside other emergency services.

An investigation is now being led by the Essex Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit which has issued the following statement: "Anyone with information or dash cam footage should contact us as soon as possible.

"You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.

"It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk. Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services.

"Alternatively, you can call us on 101.

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"Please cite incident 206 of 20 December."