A11 closed following accident between lorry and two cars

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the A11 near Mildenhall.

Police were called shortly after 10.30am this morning, Wednesday, June 1, following reports of a three-vehicle collision involving a lorry and two cars.

The driver of one of the cars, a woman, has been taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge, by air ambulance having sustained serious injuries. The driver of the lorry has been taken to West Suffolk Hospital for treatment.

Both directions of the A11 are currently closed; northbound between Barton Mills and Elveden, and southbound between Thetford and Barton Mills.

Diversions are in place.