Engineers are trying to fix a gas main today after a car left the road and smashed into school gates.

Police were called to the accident outside Blean Primary School, near Canterbury, just before 2.30pm yesterday afternoon.

The car - a silver Peugeot - had hit railings outside the school and damaged gas network equipment, sparking a leak.

The driver was unharmed, but the road had to be closed for several hours and the car is still at the scene today.

It had crashed into a piece of equipment called a governor, which regulates gas pressure.

It is not believed any homes had to be evacuated and the road was reopened by the evening.

Engineers from gas network company SGN have today been sent to the scene to fix it.

An SGN spokesman said that further road closures are not expected.