A WOMAN sustained serious leg injuries after falling at her home.

A volunteer doctor from the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service charity was called out to help paramedics with the incident in Bury St Edmunds.

A woman in her 40s had fallen and suffered a serious leg fracture at 12.45am today.

The doctor administered special painkilling drugs before realigning and splinting the fractures.

She was then taken by ambulance to West Suffolk Hospital.