An expensive luxury car crashed into a garden wall yesterday afternoon.

The car, thought to be a £200,000 Bentley Mulsanne, crashed into a garden wall of a home on the junction of Mierscourt Road and Lonsdale Drive, Rainham, just before 5pm.

It is not thought anyone was seriously injured in the smash but firefighters were called out to the scene as smoke was seen coming from the vehicle.

A spokesman for Kent Fire and Rescue Service, said the vehicle did not catch light and firefighters left the scene at 5.10pm.

A spokesman for Kent Police said: "Kent Police was called at 4.50pm on Sunday 15 September to a report of car in collision with a property in Rainham.

"Officers attended Lonsdale Drive and came across a Bentley that had reportedly collided with a parked car and a house.

"The driver made off but was arrested by officers shortly after.

"A 38-year-old man from Strood was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and remains in police custody."

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