A woman had to be airlifted to hospital after being thrown from a horse.

The rider, in her 30s, landed in a field after being propelled over a fence by the animal in Meopham.

An ambulance was called to White Horse Lane shortly before 2.50pm Tuesday, when paramedics scrambled a helicopter.

The Kent Air Ambulance arrived 10 minutes later and took the woman to King's College Hospital, London.

She had suffered suspected chest and abdominal injuries.