EMERGENCY services attended two crashes on the A14 - within 500 yards of one another.

EMERGENCY services attended two crashes on the A14 - within 500 yards of one another.

The first accident happened on the west-bound carriageway at Stowmarket at 4.20pm today and involved a car towing a second vehicle. Firefighters were called to deal with a subsequent petrol leak.

Half an hour later two cars were involved in a collision on the opposite carriageway just 500 yards away.

A man and women were taken to Ipswich Hospital with spinal injuries and another man treated for a possible broken ankle.