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Car Smashes Into Suffolk Home, Driver Freed
1 May
Summary
- A driver was freed from her car after it crashed into a house.
- Emergency services responded to a single vehicle collision on Thursday afternoon.
- The road remained closed for nearly three hours following the incident.
A driver required extraction from her vehicle after a serious collision in East Bergholt, Suffolk. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when a white Volkswagen left the road and collided with a two-storey house on Fiddlers Lane, sustaining significant damage. Firefighters from Ipswich Princes Street and Ipswich East fire stations worked with paramedics to stabilize and access the vehicle using specialized cutting equipment. The driver and a passenger were subsequently taken to the hospital as a precaution. The road was reopened around 18:00 BST, having been closed for approximately three hours. The crash resulted in the car's airbags deploying and its roof being removed.
