A SUFFOLK man has been killed in a road traffic collision in Essex.John Cole, 60, of The Link, Laxfield died yesterday when he is believed to have lost control of his silver Ford Escort and crashed into a fence.

A SUFFOLK man has been killed in a road traffic collision in Essex.

John Cole, 60, of The Link, Laxfield died yesterday when he is believed to have lost control of his silver Ford Escort and crashed into a fence.

The collision happened about 8.30am on Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea.

Mr Cole was declared dead at the scene and officers believe he may have become ill prior to the accident.

No one else was injured in the collision.