POLICE have reopened the A145 at Henham following a fatal road crash today.

POLICE have reopened the A145 at Henham following a fatal road crash today.

Just after 7.10am officers received a call saying that a car had come off the road and collided with a tree near Sotherton crossroads.

Police closed the road and traffic was diverted via the B1123 Halesworth road but the road reopened at just after 12pm.

Emergency services attended the scene and found a blue Nissan Almeira in a field with three men inside the vehicle. A 28-year-old from Saxmundham was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the car was taken to Ipswich Hospital where his condition is described as stable; the other man was taken to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston with serious injuries.

Police need to speak to anyone who was driving in the area at the time, regardless of whether they saw the collision or not.

Anyone with any information about the crash should contact PC Jon Doran or Sgt Steve Knight at Halesworth Roads Policing Unit on 01986 835300.