Four children were hospitalised after a two-car crash on a main road.

Police were called to the scene in the Londonbound carriageway of the A299 Thanet Way in Dargate just after 6.30pm last night.

They were joined by ambulance crews who treated a woman and four children.

They were stable at the scene, but were taken to the William Harvey Hospital for further checks.

The crash involved a BMW and a Volvo.