A BMW driver has died after a crash on the A28 near Nicholas-at-Wade, which closed the road for around eight hours yesterday.

Police are investigating the fatal crash, at around 7.15pm last night.

It's said a BMW crossed the grassed area on the A28 Canterbury Road at Nicholas-at

Kent, near the A299 Thanet Way roundabout, before it crashed with a Fiat Punto travelling in the opposite direction.

The BMW driver, a 32-year-old man from London, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was pronounced dead in the early hours of this morning.

The driver of the Fiat, a 49-year-old woman from Thanet, was taken to hospital.

The road was closed for about eight hours for officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit to carry out inquiries.

Anyone with information should call DC David Holmes on 01622 798538.