A van driver has been taken to hospital and a road closed after a crash involving four vehicles.

It happened on the B2027 Clinton Lane, Four Elms, near Sevenoaks, shortly after 3.30pm this afternoon with a van and a tractor among the vehicles involved.

The driver of the van was taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital with an ankle injury, although nobody is thought to have been seriously injured.

Details, including the gender, of the van driver have not been confirmed by emergency services.

Traffic between Ide Hill Road and How Green Lane was moving slowly as a result of the incident, while Clinton Lane was closed in both directions at around 5.30pm.

A police spokesman said on Friday afternoon: "Kent Police was called at 3.36pm on Friday to a collision involving four vehicles in Clinton Lane, Four Elms.

"Emergency services are in attendance and the road is currently blocked."

A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: "I can confirm that we were called at approximately 3.40pm on Friday to reports of an RTC involving a van and a tractor in Clinton Lane.

"Ambulance crews attended and were joined at the scene by the air ambulance service.

"The driver of the van was assessed and treated at the scene before being taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital by road with injuries, including an ankle injury."

An air ambulance spokesman said: "I can confirm that we were in attendance at Bough Beech on August 6.

"Our crew arrived on scene at 4.16pm where they helped treat the patient who was taken to hospital by land."

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