A MAN was killed as he crossed a main road in Benfleet.
He was in collision with a Blue Mini Cooper close to the Brook Road junction of the High Road.
It is believed the car was travelling towards Benfleet Station as the man walked out into the High Road from the southside.
The man, aged 26, from Benfleet, who has not yet been formally identified, was taken to Basildon Hospital, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
The 44-year-old male driver, also from Benfleet, was not injured, but left "badly shaken by the accident.
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