A man in his 30s was taken to hospital following a crash that closed part of the M20 during this morning's rush hour.

Two lanes of the coastbound section between junction 8 for Maidstone and junction 9 for Ashford were shut for just over an hour after a car hit the central reservation at about 6.30am.

Firefighters freed the man, who suffered minor injuries and was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.

No other vehicles were involved.

Lanes were closed on the same stretch of the motorway London-bound yesterday evening after another crash.