A woman has been taken to hospital after being injured in an incident on a double-decker bus.

Police were called to the A143 at the junction with Wickham St Road near Wickhambrook at around 2pm to reports of an injured woman on a bus.

The woman sustained a back injury at the junction and a crew from Suffolk Fire and Rescue helped to move her from the bus. 

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East of England Ambulance Service, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and police were at the scene and the road was closed.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 1.53pm to a road traffic collision involving a car and a bus on the junction and dispatched an ambulance to the scene.

"An adult woman, who was a passenger on the bus, was transported to the West Suffolk Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”

The road was later reopened at around 4pm.