A TEENAGER was taken to hospital today after he was crushed by the lift of a crane in Ipswich.An ambulance was called to the scene next to the Old Custom House, in Key Street, at around 2.10pm.

A TEENAGER was taken to hospital today after he was crushed by the lift of a crane in Ipswich.

An ambulance was called to the scene next to the Old Custom House, in Key Street, at around 2.10pm.

The 18-year-old was then taken to Ipswich Hospital with back injuries.

None of the other emergency services attended.