A woman complaining of back pain was released from her car by firefighters this morning after a crash in Barnadiston.

Police, paramedics and fire crews were sent to the village at 9.21am to reports a car had gone into a ditch.

Firefighters from Clare and Haverhill helped to release the woman, who became trapped in the crash, and had managed to free her by 9.49am.

A Suffolk Fire and Rescue spokesman said: “Police requested our attendance to an RTC at this location.

“Crews arrived on scene to find one car in a ditch with one female trapped with back pain. “Crews stabilised the vehicle.

“At 9.49am the casualty was released from the vehicle and left in the care of the ambulance crew.”

The woman was not seriously hurt, a spokesman for Suffolk police added.