Two women have been cut free from a car after a crash on the A249 at Sittingbourne this morning.

Firefighters were called to the Maidstone-bound carriageway, between Bobbing and the Stockbury roundabout, at about 6.45am.

Crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to remove the roof of the car - believed to have ended up on its side after a two-car crash.

They freed the women and handed them over to paramedics from South East Coast Ambulance Service

The women's condition is not known.

Two fire engines were at the scene until about 7.25am.

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