Man dies after car crashes into parked lorry on A14

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Suffolk Police shut the road late on Thursday following the crash

A man has died after a car crashed into a lorry while it was parked in a layby on the A14.

Emergency services were called to the westbound carriageway between junction 50, for Stowmarket, and junction 49, for Haughley, in Suffolk, at 23:41 GMT on Thursday.

A black Ford C-Max car had been involved in a collision with a Volvo Skip Loader.

Fire crews and paramedics also attended the incident but the driver of the car, a man in his 60s, was declared dead at the scene.

The road between the two junctions was closed for several hours. It reopened at 07:30 on Friday.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has dashcam footage should contact Suffolk Police.

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