Published:
8:27 PM May 8, 2021
The van as it emerged from under the bridge on Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market
- Credit: Norfolk and Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team
A van s roof was ripped off as it became wedged under a railway bridge in Needham Market.
Norfolk and Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team reported at 4.20pm today (Saturday, May 8) that the van lodged itself under the bridge in Hawks Mill Street.
A van was stuck on Hawks Mill Street under a bridge in Needham Market
- Credit: Norfolk and Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team
The van was able to get free, hours later, thanks to the policing team but its roof was ripped off in the process.
Published:
8:27 PM May 8, 2021
The van as it emerged from under the bridge on Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market
- Credit: Norfolk and Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team
A van s roof was ripped off as it became wedged under a railway bridge in Needham Market.
Norfolk and Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team reported at 4.20pm today (Saturday, May 8) that the van lodged itself under the bridge in Hawks Mill Street.
A van was stuck on Hawks Mill Street under a bridge in Needham Market
- Credit: Norfolk and Suffolk Roads and Armed Policing Team
The van was able to get free, hours later, thanks to the policing team but its roof was ripped off in the process.
There are more flood warnings in place today
- Credit: SARAH LUCY BROWN
Two flood warnings and 18 lower level alerts are currently in place across Suffolk.
The Environment Agency has two warnings in place for The River Gipping through Needham Market and The River Colne from Castle Hedingham to upstream of Halstead.
Recent high levels of rainfall have left the areas prone to flooding.
In Needham Market, St Mary s Road, Hawks Mill Street, Crown Street, Coddenham Road, Pinecroft Way and Maitland Road are most at risk.
Flooding of the River Colne is most likely to affect Yeldham Road, Nunnery Street, the A1017 and the B1058 at Castle Hedingham, Station Road, Summerfields, Spring Way and Alderford Street in Sible Hedingham.
Last of the day s sunlight falls on the soaked fields near Framlingham
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Suffolk has been swamped by two days of flooding after a deluge of rain on Thursday led to rising river levels and water on the roads.
Two flood warnings and 18 lower level alerts were in place for the county as of this morning.
The Environment Agency had two warnings in place for The River Gipping through Needham Market and The River Colne from Castle Hedingham to upstream of Halstead.
In Needham Market, St Mary s Road, Hawks Mill Street, Crown Street, Coddenham Road, Pinecroft Way and Maitland Road were at risk.