A 20-year-old man has died after the car he was driving collided with a stationary police car.

The victim was travelling towards Maidstone on the A229 at Blue Bell Hill at around 11pm on Friday when the accident happened.

The marked police car was one of a number of police vehicles attending the scene of an earlier road crash.

The driver, who was from the Maidstone area was taken to Maidstone General Hospital, but he died in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The incident is being investigated by Kent Police's Serious Collisions Investigation Unit and has also been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.