Station Road, where the man was found (credit: Google Maps)
Essex Police attended to the man in Station Road at around 2.35am this morning.
He has been taken to hospital where he is in a potentially life-threatening condition, according to police.
Officers initially shut Station Road while they investigated the circumstances of his injuries.
They now believe that no-one else was involved and the man was injured as the result of a fall.
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