A249 blocked after car transporter jack-knifes

By: Chloe Holmwood cholmwood@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 15:05, 25 July 2019

Updated: 09:50, 26 July 2019

A major road was blocked this afternoon because of jack-knifed car transporter.

Police were called to the Sheppey-bound carriageway of the A249 at Bobbing, near Sittingbourne, shortly after 1.30pm

The road was closed while the transporter was recovered and it reopened at 4.35pm.

The A249 was closed at Key Street after a lorry jack-knifed

Police said it was closed from the slip road for the Key Street roundabout, with traffic coming off at the roundabout and back on again at Bobbing.

There were long delays in the area.

Queues on the Sheppey-bound A249 after a lorry jack-knifed

Traffic was at a standstill near the Key Street turn-off on what was possibly the hottest day in the UK ever recorded.

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One driver said his car thermometer said 41C.

Traffic at a standstill near the Key Street turn-off on the A249, heading towards Sheppey

It had a knock-on effect on the M2, with traffic queuing back to Junction 4 for Gillingham.

Police said no injuries had been reported.

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