A MAN was hospitalised with back and neck injuries after a car accident in north-west Suffolk.

Fire crews had to cut him free following the one-vehicle crash in Eriswell Road, Eriswell, around 3pm today.

A spokesman for Suffolk police said he was put on a spinal board but that his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. He was taken to West Suffolk Hospital.

Crews from Mildenhall, Brandon, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds attended the accident.