More details have come to light about the death of three buffalo killed on the A249.

As reported last week, a driver was taken to hospital after crashing into the creatures on the Maidstone-bound carriageway.

The horned animals are believed to have come out of woodland near the Stockbury roundabout about 5.45pm on February 23.

Three were put down at the scene but it is thought two others survived.

Although native to the Indian subcontinent, a number of the buffalo had been kept on nearby farms – including Yetnor Farm, off Old Forge Lane – for several years.

Most recently they were homed in a field off Rumstead Road.

Yetnor Farm owner Christine Broughton, 61, was first to raise the alarm when she saw a buffalo charging.

She said: “One came from the top of the hill and down through our woods. We couldn’t shut the gate to stop it.

“They move very fast and to get them to stop is not that easy. They’ve got big horns and they’re bigger than normal cows.

“When you’ve got something like that coming at you, you get out of the way.”

She believed the animals had been enclosed securely and the owners had done all they could to stop them.

“When we had them on our farm they used to walk the boundary of the field,” she said. “If they see something over the fence, they just keep pushing.”

The owner of the animals, who saw them being put down, was too upset to comment.