A woman was hospitalised after her car collided with a telephone pole.
Paramedics were called to the scene in Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, on Tuesday at 5pm following reports of a two-vehicle collision.
A silver car and a Royal Mail van collided before the car came to a halt when it hit a telegraph pole.
Paramedics treated the driver of the car, a woman in her 40s, for a suspected back injury.
She was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital for further treatment.
There were no further casualties.
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