A busy road was closed after a crash involving a car and a motorbike this afternoon.

The A228 at Chattenden near Rochester was shut after the accident in Four Elms Hill, which happened at about 3.35pm.

The air ambulance was called and one person was taken to hospital.

Paramedics and police were also at the scene and firefighters attended after reports that someone may have been trapped.

Rush-hour traffic backed up in all the surrounding roads, but started to ease after the road re-opened at about 6pm.

Mark Reckless, who stood down as Rochester and Strood MP this week after defecting to UKIP, was among those caught up in the jams.

He tweeted: "Thank you to all the fire crew and Kent air ambulance who are attending an incident on A228 in Chattenden."