A man was taken to hospital after a crash earlier today in a Norfolk village.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service sent crews from Stalham and Mundesley to a single-vehicle crash at 11.08am this morning (November 4) along Stalham Road in East Ruston, near North Walsham.

The scene was made safe and the vehicle occupants were released using hydraulic rescue equipment.

The ambulance service, including an air ambulance, also attended the incident. 

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An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 11.03am to a single-vehicle road traffic collision in Stalham Road in East Ruston.

"An ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.

"An adult man was transported by road to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”