A west Suffolk road has been closed after a motorcyclist was injured in a crash.

Officers were called at around 6.30am to reports of a crash on the A1101 Bury Road in Hengrave on Thursday.

The crash involved two vehicles - a car and a motorbike - with the biker sustaining injuries and requiring medical attention.

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An ambulance was called to the scene, but a spokesman for the Suffolk police said that the biker did not seem to have sustained any life-threatening or life-changing injuries.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said that they took a male to West Suffolk Hospital for further treatment and care.

Recovery for the vehicles has now arrived but the road is expected to remain closed for a while longer while the crash is cleared. 

Police remain at the scene.