A WOMAN was taken to hospital after the car she was driving left the road near Bury St Edmunds and entered a ditch.

The woman, whose daughter was a passenger in the car and was uninjured in the crash, was taken to West Suffolk Hospital for treatment.

The crash happened in Ixworth Thorpe at around 4.10pm today. The woman was thought to be in her 20s and the extent of her injuries has yet to be confirmed.