A driver fled the scene and two women were taken to hospital following a crash on the M2.

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 10.50pm last night after the crash on the coastbound carriageway of the motorway near Cobham.

Fire crews said initial reports suggested multiple vehicles were involved but on arrival found two vehicles, a Mercedes and a Suzuki Vitara, had crashed.

The driver of the Vitara had left the scene. Two women in the Mercedes were taken to hospital with neck injuries.

Officers from Kent Police’s Roads Policing Unit deployed a drone to assist with the search for the driver who had left the scene prior to their arrival.

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