MOTORISTS using the A12 faced delays today after a car left the carriageway and flipped on to its roof.

MOTORISTS using the A12 faced delays today after a car left the carriageway and flipped on to its roof.

The two-vehicle crash, which involved a silver Ford Mondeo and a white Vauxhall Astra, took place in Galleywood in Essex at around 5.15am on the London-bound carriageway.

One lane of the A12 was temporarily blocked while emergency services recovered the Mondeo and cleared debris.

No one was seriously hurt in the accident.