A LORRY driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries today after his cab overturned causing major traffic problems around Bury St Edmunds.

A LORRY driver has been taken to hospital with serious injuries today after his cab overturned causing major traffic problems around Bury St Edmunds.

The driver had to be cut from his vehicle which had fallen under a bridge on Orttewell Road, Great Barton, near the junction with the A143.

The road has been closed to traffic as a result while the 44 ton lorry, which was carrying wood, is removed.