A 36-year-old woman has been taken to hospital following a collision in Ipswich this afternoon.

A 36-year-old woman has been taken to hospital following a collision in Ipswich this afternoon.

Police initially had to divert traffic heading towards the college from Stoke Bridge on Star Lane up Foundation Street after a two vehicle crash at the junction with Slade Street.

An ambulance spokeswoman said the woman was conscious and breathing but had been taken to Ipswich Hospital complaining of neck and chest pain.

Firefighters were called to the scene to cut the roof of a vehicle after the woman became trapped.

A police spokesman said the accident involved a Ford van and a Chrysler car and the road reopened at 5.21pm after they got the initial call at just gone 4pm.