A 50-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital today after his heart stopped following a car crash.

A 50-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital today after his heart stopped following a car crash.

The collision happened between two cars in Defoe Road, Ipswich, at around 4.50pm.

The man was shocked by paramedics with a defibrillator after suffering cardiac arrest.

An ambulance spokesman said the man was alive when he arrived at Ipswich Hospital shortly afterwards.