Two children have been taken to hospital with head and chest injuries after a car crashed into a wall on Romney Marsh.

Police were sent to Coast Drive, New Romney, at about 10.30pm last night.

A spokesman said paramedics also went, along with firefighters.

A SECAmb spokesman said: "At 22.27 yesterday, we sent our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and two ambulances to an incident on Coast Drive, Greatstone where a car collided with a wall.

"The six people in the car all got out safely but two of the children were taken to the William Harvey Hospital for further treatment on a chest injury and a head injury."

A police spokesman said the passengers were taken to hospital as a precaution.

A spokesman for the fire service said: "Two fire engines attended and crews helped to make the scene safe and assisted SECAmb with two casualties.

"There were no people trapped in the vehicles.

"They left the scene at 11.09pm."