FOUR people were taken to hospital today following a collision between two vehicles on the A14.One of the vehicles went up the embankment and overturned as a result of the accident shortly after 11am which also blocked the westbound stretch of carriageway at Nacton.

FOUR people were taken to hospital today following a collision between two vehicles on the A14.

One of the vehicles went up the embankment and overturned as a result of the accident shortly after 11am which also blocked the westbound stretch of carriageway at Nacton.

Emergency services, including fire crews from Colchester Road and Princes Street in Ipswich, attended the scene.

Big tailbacks of traffic formed for more than an hour until the road was completely reopened.