ESSEX Police is appealing for witnesses after a Brentwood pensioner died in a car crash yesterday (Monday).
At about 5pm a blue Mercedes left the road at the junction of the A129 Hutton Road and York Road and hit the wall of a house.
The driver a 74 year-old man from Ingrave was taken to Basildon General Hospital but pronounced dead a short time later.
The road was closed for more than four hours while Police carried out an initial investigation.
Any witnesses are asked to call Pc Mark Davis at Chigwell Road Policing Unit on 0300 333 4444.