Part of the A14 has reopened after being closed this afternoon after a car overturned following a crash. 

Emergency services were called to the scene on the westbound carriageway near Stowmarket at about 3pm on Thursday.

National Highways said the crash happened between Junction 49 and Junction 47. 

Traffic was being diverted from Junction 51, north on the A140 at BeaconHill near Ipswich.

It comes after the A14 was closed in both directions on Tuesday after a lorry crashed through the central reservation on the Orwell Bridge.

Drivers are being warned to take extra care on the roads after a weather warning for thunderstorms was issued for the county

National Highways was in the process of putting a diversion route in place.