Police are appealing for information after a woman fell from a bridge in Colchester onto the A12.

Emergency services were called to the incident at about 1.20pm yesterday, Saturday, January 8.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We were called to concerns for someone on a bridge over the A12 near Colchester.

"We attended and found a woman injured on the road having fallen from the bridge.

"She was taken to hospital for treatment."

Anyone with any information, who saw what happened or who has any dashcam footage is being asked to contact Essex Police quoting the incident number 521 of January 8.

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