Six people have been taken to hospital after the air ambulance attended a crash involving four vehicles near Sudbury.

Emergency services were called to the crash in the A1092 in Long Melford at about 2.35pm on Tuesday.

The crash involved a silver Ford Fiesta, a black Vauxhall Zafira, a black Peugeot and a red Ford Fiesta.

The driver of the silver Ford Fiesta, a man aged in his teens, was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital by air ambulance having sustained serious leg injuries.

An East of England Ambulance Service said: "We were called to the A1092 at Long Melford shortly after 3.30pm yesterday after receiving reports of a collision.

"We sent four ambulances, a rapid response vehicle, two ambulance office vehicles and the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

"Crews treated four patients at the scene before airlifting one to Addenbrooke's Hospital and transferring three by road to West Suffolk Hospital for further assessment and care."

A Suffolk police spokesman confirmed that a further two people also attended West Suffolk Hospital.

The spokesman added that the person that was airlifted to hospital has suffered a serious leg injury.

The road was closed for a number of hours while emergency services attended the scene, but it has since reopened.

Police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash or who has any information to contact them quoting the incident number 37/45855/22.