A MAN has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after a collision between a car and a van.

A blue Ford Fiesta collided with a white Ford Transit in Ixworth Road, Ixworth Thorpe near Honington, around 3.05pm.

Firefighters spent almost an hour trying to free a male driver and two passengers - a woman and a child - from the Fiesta.

Fire crews from Ixworth, and Bury St Edmunds reached the scene just after 3.20pm and began assisting with the rescue effort.