A LAMPPOST was removed today after a car slammed into it, leaving it at a 45 degree angle.Police received a call from a motorist, worried the lamppost at the Copdock interchange on the A14 may be a hazard to lorries.

A LAMPPOST was removed today after a car slammed into it, leaving it at a 45 degree angle.

Police received a call from a motorist, worried the lamppost at the Copdock interchange on the A14 may be a hazard to lorries.

An ambulance crew saw the accident involving a Vauxhall Astra, as it was driving past at 2.40am. No-one is believed to have been injured.

In a separate accident, a man was cut free from the wreckage of his car after an accident at Pheasant Rise, Copdock, just after 5pm.