A MAN has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was involved in three-car pile-up in Stowmarket today.Firefighters had to cut the driver free from his vehicle before he was taken to West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, after the accident which happened at 12.

A MAN has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was involved in three-car pile-up in Stowmarket today.

Firefighters had to cut the driver free from his vehicle before he was taken to West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, after the accident which happened at 12.55pm in Crown Street, Stowmarket today.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance attended the scene but was not used.

Police were warning drivers to avoid the area but said the road would be cleared shortly after 3pm.

See tomorrow's Star for full details.