One person has been taken to hospital after a crash blocked a busy route in Sittingbourne.

A lorry and a car were involved in a head-on smash in Castle Road, on the Eurolink.

It happened outside the entrance to the Brickmakers Industrial Estate.

Police and ambulance crews attended.

An ambulance spokesman said: "We were called at around 2.20pm to a crash involving a car and a lorry on Castle Road in Sittingbourne.

"One ambulance crew was sent and they treated one patient suffering from injuries including back pain.

"They have recently left for Medway Maritime Hospital."

The road was reopened at about 4pm.