UPDATE WEDNESDAY 5.30PM: More details have emerged about a car which burst into flames after a crash in Long Sutton today.
The driver, an 83-year-old man from Long Sutton, had a lucky escape after the car he was driving left Bridge Road and went into a ditch when the blaze broke out.
Firemen from Long Sutton used hose reels to put out the fire which was caused by an electrical fault after the crash, but the car was virtually destroyed.
WEDNESDAY 2.30PM: An 83-year-old man from Long Sutton was taken to hospital after a car crash in Long Sutton today.
He was driving a Ford Focus when it crashed and caught fire on Bridge Road at about 10.15am.
Police, fire and ambulance crews attended the scene and the man was taken to hospital, but ism’t thought to be seriously injured.