Police reopened the road at 7.15pm (Image: ©Archant Photographic 2010)
A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after he collided with a car in Colchester.
Emergency services were called to the A1232, Ipswich Road, around 7.45am.
Medics from the East of England Ambulance Service treated a man in his early 30s.
The man was conscious and breathing and taken to Colchester General Hospital for further treatment.
He is not believed to be in a life-threatening condition.
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