Overview

• Police were called at 7:35am on Wednesday after a car overturned into a ditch on the A14 westbound at Kentford and caught fire, which Suffolk Fire & Rescue extinguished.
• One lane remains closed as the vehicle awaits recovery and crews carry out safety checks at the scene.
• National Highways has been alerted to a damaged road sign and possible carriageway damage identified after the fire.
• Traffic service Inrix reports significant delays between junction 41 (Risby) and junction 38 (A11) due to the ongoing closure.
• No injuries have been confirmed in the available reports.
• This morning’s crash comes after a separate lorry fire on the A14 between Bar Hill and Swavesey that shut the road for nearly eight hours, with lanes reopening overnight and no injuries reported.