ESSEX Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Sheering.

An ambulance and a Vauxhall Combo van were in collision outside Sheering Newsagents and Post Office in The Street shortly after 10.10am today, Saturday, April 14.

As a result, the van was then in collision with a parked Citroen C4 Cactus, which in turn was pushed into a parked Mazda 3.

The van driver, a 61-year-old man from Harlow, was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital with serious injuries.

The two ambulance staff – who were responding to an emergency call at the time – suffered minor injuries.

Enquiries are continuing into the circumstances of the collision.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or was driving in the area at the time and has dash cam footage is asked to contact Pc Mark Turner at the Chigwell Roads Policing