A man has been taken to hospital with back injuries after a road accident at Culford near Bury St Edmunds this evening.

Police were called just after 9.50pm to the incident on the B1106 - about a mile from Culford on the Bury road.

They found a car on its side blocking half the road. The injured man was the driver - the sole occupant - and no other vehicles were involved.

After being removed, the man was taken to Heath Road hospital in Ipswich. Police report he had sustained back injuries but it is not known at this stage how serious they are.

As of 10.40pm the road remained blocked as police worked to remove the vehicle from the road.