FIREFIGHTERS had to cut a man out of the cab of his lorry today after two heavy goods vehicles collided on the M20.

The man, the driver of one of the lorries, is thought to have received serious injuries in the accident which happened at 3pm on the coastbound carriageway of the M20, a quarter of a mile past junction four at Larkfield, near Maidstone.

Tailbacks ran all the way back to junction three at Wrotham.

Ambulance and police attended. Two fire crews from Larkfield used hydraulic cutting equipment to remove the man, who was taken by land ambulance to Maidstone Hospital. The extent of his injuries is not yet known.

Traffic only started to move freely again by around 4pm.