A woman was flown to a London hospital with serious injuries after a car smashed into a tree along a busy route.

The A299 New Thanet Way was shut last night after a blue Skoda left the London-bound carriage between St Nicholas-at-Wade and Herne Bay and crashed shortly before 7.50pm.

Police say one of the car's occupants, a woman in her 60s, was flown to a London hospital with serious injuries.

The car's other occupant was taken to a local hospital.

A police spokesman said: “Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are carrying out inquiries and urge anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to contact them.”

Footage can be submitted via this link.

Anyone with information should call 01622 798538 or email sciu.td@kent.pnn.police.uk quoting reference SM/MD/028/25.