A DRIVER was taken to hospital with serious injuries after crashing into a ditch near Diss.

Emergency services were called to the B1077 at Shelfanger at about 1.30pm today (December 16) following the single vehicle collision.

Firefighters from Diss and East Harling attended the incident and used hydraulic rescue equipment to release the casualty.

A spokesman for Norfolk Police said the man suffered serious injuries which were not life threatening or life changing.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance was also called.