A MAN has died after being hit by a "number of vehicles" on the A12.

The man, thought to be in his early 20s, was said to be a pedestrian at the time of incident, which happened on the north-bound track between the Boreham and Hatfield Peveral junctions at around 3am.

He was in collision with a number of vehicles.

The northbound A12 was closed while forensic examinations were carried out, but reopened shortly after 11am.

There may still be delays on Main Road through Boreham because of diverting traffic and on surrounding roads and the Boreham interchange is very congested.  

Any witnesses to the collision or anyone who can help with any information is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on Essex Police 101 or email collisonappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk