TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill on the A143 Bury St Edmunds to Thetford road today when an HGV lorry overturned as it was negotiating a roundabout.

TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill on the A143 Bury St Edmunds to Thetford road today when an HGV lorry overturned as it was negotiating a roundabout.

The driver of the 38 tonne truck, which was loaded with grain, was taken to hospital with slight injures following the accident at the entrance to the sugar beet factory at 1pm.

The lorry, which was travelling in the Thetford direction, was still blocking the road at 2pm.