A DRIVER has died after suffering what is believed to have been a heart attack and colliding with a lorry.
Emergency services were called to Saxmundham Road, Leiston, around 11.15am today.
The accident involved a car and an articulated lorry.
Police are attempting to contact the driver’s next of kin and have asked that no more details be released at this stage.
A spokeswoman for Suffolk Constabulary said: “It was a fairly low speed collision.
“It would appear that there has been some medical reason why the driver has crashed - possibly a cardiac arrest.”
Firefighters from Framlingham and Aldeburgh, along with the rescue tender from Leiston and enhanced rescue tender from Princes Street, Ipswich, attended.
The released the driver from the car and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service also attended.
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