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Car driver cut free after crashing into house

Matt Marvel,in East Bergholtand
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News imageMatt Marvel/BBC A badly damaged white Volkswagen car parked in front of the corner of a house in which it had crashed into. Its roof is resting on the top of the car having been cut away from the its body, its passenger side door is smashed into the vehicle, and a fire engine is parked behind it.Matt Marvel/BBC
Despite the white Volkswagen crashing into the corner of the house, the stability of the property was not affected, according to the fire service

A driver had to be cut free from her car and taken to hospital after crashing into a house.

Emergency services were called to a single vehicle collision in East Bergholt, Suffolk, just after 15:30 BST on Thursday.

A severely damaged white Volkswagen had left Gaston End and struck the corner of a two-storey property at Beehive Corner, coming to a stop on Fiddlers Lane.

Suffolk Police said the motorist was "extracted" before she was taken to hospital by paramedics as a precaution, along with an adult female passenger.

News imageMatt Marvel/BBC An ambulance, a police car, and a fire engine parked outside a house and at the scene of a crash involving a white car, which is located in the middle of the picture and is badly damaged. Matt Marvel/BBC
Police officers, firefighters and paramedics were all called to Beehive Corner, at the junction of Gaston End and Fiddlers Lane

The woman was cut from the car by firefighters from Ipswich Princes Street and Ipswich East fire stations.

Working closely with the East of England Ambulance Service, they stabilised the vehicle before using specialist cutting and rescue equipment to gain access.

In photos taken by the BBC, the car's airbags can be seen to have been deployed and the vehicle's roof has been cut off.

The road was closed to motorists for nearly three hours and was cleared by about 18:00.

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