Traffic has now cleared, hours after it lined a main route between Folkestone and Canterbury this morning after a girl was run over.

The Canterbury Road A260 at Densole experienced high volumes of traffic near the Coach Road junction.

Police and ambulance crews were at the scene.

An 11-year-old girl sustained a leg injury.

The ambulance spokesman said she was fully conscious when paramedics arrived.

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police received a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle in Canterbury Road, Densole at 7.43am.

"Officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene and the road was closed for a short time.

"The pedestrian was taken to hospital."