LOWESTOFT: A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital after a car crashed outside the Pier Hotel this evening.

LOWESTOFT: A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital after a car crashed outside the Pier Hotel yesterday evening.

Emergency services were called to Marine Parade around 9.30pm after a blue Renault Clio was involved in a single-vehicle smash and blocked the road.

The casualty suffered minor hand injuries and was taken to the James Paget Hospital.

The road was cleared by 10pm.