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Two ambulances crash on road near hospital

News imageEast of England Ambulance Service An East of England Ambulance Service ambulance - which is painted yellow and green - being driven on a road. Next to it is a row of green bushes which are blurred out of focus, giving the impression that the vehicle is moving fast. East of England Ambulance Service
The ambulance service said one of the vehicles involved was responding to an emergency (stock photo)

Two ambulances have crashed on a road outside Southend University Hospital.

One of the vehicles was transporting a patient to hospital and the second was responding to a 999 emergency call "under emergency driving conditions", according to the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS).

The crash happened on Prittlewell Chase at 11:51 BST.

Three ambulance crew members were taken to hospital but the patient being transported was not injured, an EEAS spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said: "The patient being conveyed by ambulance was not injured in the incident and has been transferred to hospital by another ambulance."

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