FOUR patients were treated by paramedics after a car and a lorry crashed on the A12.

The incident happened at around 8.30am on the Londonbound carriageway, just before junction 25 for Marks Tey.

A spokesman for the ambulance service confirmed an ambulance crew, a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance officer are at the scene, treated four people who are not thought to be seriously injured.

The patients were moved to a layby and were due to be conveyed to hospital by an ambulance car.

The crash has now been cleared after it blocked the outside lane.