A 64-year-old Braintree man was airlifted to hospital after being in collision with a forklift truck at a business park.

A 64-year-old Braintree man was airlifted to hospital after being in collision with a forklift truck at a business park.

Emergency services were called to the Beckingham Business Park in Tolleshunt Major, near Maldon, at around 5.25pm on Monday.

Paramedics said the man was treated at the scene for “extensive lower leg fractures” before being taken to Colchester Hospital in the air ambulance.