A 50-YEAR-OLD man died after a Mitsubishi car left the road and crashed into railings outside a Kent police station.

The tragedy happened at around 11.45pm on Tuesday in Fort Hill at Margate.

The victim, who lived in the Margate area, died at the scene. He has not yet been named.

A 27-year-old Margate man who was a passenger in the car was treated at QEQM hospital for minor injuries.

A police spokesman said: "At 11.46pm a Mitsubishi car travelling uphill towards Cliftonville failed to negotiate a right hand bend, left the road, collided with metal railings and came to rest in a park."

Fort Hill was closed until about 5am while members of Kent Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit investigated the tragedy.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the unit on 01622 798538.