A MAN has died after a crash in Southminster yesterday afternoon.

Police were called at 1.30pm on Sunday to reports a blue Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorbike had left the road on the B1021 Cripplegate. 

The rider, a 36-year-old man from Benfleet, was taken to the Royal London Hospital but later sadly died.

Police closed the road until 5.40pm while they carried out initial investigations.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101 or e-mail collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk