A 61-year-old man has been injured in a crash between a car and a van on the A12 in Wanstead.
The vehicles smashed into each other at around 12.15pm on the eastbound lane of the road near George Green.
One of the drivers was rushed to Queen's Hospital in Romford "as a priority" suffering from back and neck pain.
There were long delays following the crash with one lane of the road closed until just before 4pm.
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