A MAN had to be cut out of his car following a collision with a van at Great Blakenham today.

A MAN had to be cut out of his car following a collision with a van at Great Blakenham today.

The accident took place on the B1113 Bramford Road at around 12.33pm.

Fire crews from Needham Market and Ipswich used specialist cutting equipment to release the man before an ambulance took him to Ipswich Hospital.

An ambulance spokesman said he sustained chest injuries which were not thought to be serious.