POLICE are today investigating the cause of a road crash which killed two men.The accident happened outside The Nurseries, in Stoke Road, Clare, just before 9.30pm last night.

POLICE are today investigating the cause of a road crash which killed two men.

The accident happened outside The Nurseries, in Stoke Road, Clare, just before 9.30pm last night when a Nissan left the road and collided with the wall of a house.

Fire crews were called just before 9.25pm with reports the car had burst into flames.

However when the crews attended they found the vehicle was not alight.

Both men in the car were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they would not reveal the men's identities until next of kin have been informed.

A spokeswoman for the ambulance service said it was a homeowner who alerted emergency services.

The crash brings the number of deaths on Suffolk's roads this year to 38, compared to 33 during the whole of last year.