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Emergency services close A143 after crash

Google Google image of a road surrounded by greenery and fields. On the left there is a sign for Barnardiston and Huntingdon. There is also a grey driving car on the road away from the camera. Google
An air ambulance and fire crews attended the scene of the collision

A person has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury after a single car crash closed a major road.

Emergency services were called to the A143 at Barnardiston near Haverhill, Suffolk, at 07:34 BST after reports of a collision.

One person was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, by land ambulance. An air ambulance and fire crews were also at the scene.

Suffolk Police advised road users to find alternative routes and said that diversions were in place "but local roads are very busy".

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "An ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle and a response car from the East Anglian Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.

"An adult man, who had sustained a serious head injury, was transported by road to Addenbrooke’s Hospital for further assessment and treatment."

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