A teenager suffered a serious head injury after being attacked by an armed gang near a train station.

Police were called at around  6.40pm yesterday to Cross Court, Laindon after the boy was attacked and he was taken to hospital. 

Offciers say he was assaulted by a group of teenagers and young adults and hit over the head.

If anyone has any information, CCTV or dashcam footage please call us on 101 quoting incident 1079 of 22 September.