A MOTOCYCLIST has been killed on an Essex road today.A black motorbike was in collision with a red Ford Mondeo, driven by a local woman, at Bread and Cheese Hill, on the A13, near Benfleet, just before 9am today.

A MOTOCYCLIST has been killed on an Essex road today.

A black motorbike was in collision with a red Ford Mondeo, driven by a local woman, at Bread and Cheese Hill, on the A13, near Benfleet, just before 9am today.

The 39-year-old motorcyclist from Hampshire was taken to hospital where he later died.

The road remains closed in both directions.

Police are looking for any witnesses to the accident to call the Rayleigh Road Policing Unit on 01268 798122.