A man has been taken to hospital after losing a finger in a chainsaw accident.

An ambulance was called to High Bungay Road in Loddon, just after 2pm today after a man in his 40s suffered an injury to his hand.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance from Norwich Airport was also called.

Medics treated the patient who had chopped off a finger with a chainsaw.

He was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital by land ambulance for further treatment.