TRAFFIC on the A14 was held up at Ipswich today after a car flipped into a ditch.

TRAFFIC on the A14 was held up at Ipswich today after a car flipped into a ditch.

The accident happened at around 11.45am on a slip road on the Felixstowe-bound carriageway at Copdock.

A silver Peugeot 206 flipped into the ditch but the 18-year-old male driver escaped serious injuries.

He was taken to Ipswich Hospital but was conscious and breathing and believed to have minor injuries.

The slip road was closed while the vehicle was recovered.