A man has been taken to hospital following a crash near Canterbury.

Emergency services were called to Frog Lane in Bishopsbourne, near the Barham slip road on the A2, at about 5.30am.

Paramedics, police and fire crews were called to the scene of the single-vehicle collision - and an air ambulance landed nearby.

The man's injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.

A spokesman for the ambulance service said: "Crews attended and we were joined at the scene by the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Service.

"One man was assessed and treated at the scene before being taken to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford."

Meanwhile, a fire service spokesman says crews "used rescue equipment, including a winch and hydraulic cutters, to stabilise the vehicle and free one person from the car".

Police officials also say the man's injuries "were not described as life threatening" and that any road closures in the area have now been removed.