Fire crews freed an elderly man from the wreckage of his people carrier this morning.

Firefighters used hydraulic rescue equipment to release the man, aged in his 70's, from the silver vehicle on the Thanet Way, near Faversham.

The vehicle had rolled onto its roof at around 5.50am on the London-bound carriageway between Whitstable and Faversham.

The man was handed into the care of paramedics at around 6.30am and fire crews left the scene just before 7am.

Spokesman for Secamb Rich Airey said: "We sent two ambulance crews to the scene.

"The man was checked over but did not suffer any serious injuries. He was taken to the William Harvey Hospital as a precaution."