A main road has been reopened after a number of people were injured in a crash near a pub.

Police and fire crews were at the scene next to The George Inn on Stone Street, near Stelling Minnis.

The road, which links Hythe and Canterbury, had been shut in both directions this morning.

Two vehicles were involved in the collision and a garden wall at the pub is reported to have been damaged.

A police spokesman said: “Officers were called to the scene at 10.06am.

“A number of people have reported suspected injuries and the road is closed while work is ongoing to recover the vehicles.”

A spokesperson for the ambulance service said: “SECAmb were called just after 10am to reports of a RTC involving two vehicles in Stelling Minnis, Canterbury.”

A KFRS spokesman added: “Two fire engines attended, and crews used hydraulic equipment to release one person from a vehicle, who was passed into the care of SECAmb paramedics.”