A MAN has been taken to hospital by air ambulance after the car he was travelling in collided with a tree.Firefighters had to cut the passenger out of the black Ford Mondeo after the crash, which happened just before 8.

A MAN has been taken to hospital by air ambulance after the car he was driving collided with a tree.

Firefighters had to cut the driver out of the black Ford Mondeo after the crash, which happened just before 8.30am this morning in Whatfield.

A police spokeswoman said the man was taken to West Suffolk Hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries.

Police closed part of Whatfield Road, as well as a section of the A1071.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.