A Kent man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in Italy after allegedly causing a crash which killed two local men.

Stephen Collins, 36, was said to have been six times the legal drink-drive limit when his rental car crashed with another vehicle in Alba Adriatica, Italy.

Collins got out of his car but was arrested as he allegedly tried to leave the accident site.

Collins is believed to have connections in Ashford, but his Facebook site says he lives in Rainham in Medway, is from Maidstone and went to school in Sutton Valence.

According to local sources, he was behind the wheel of a rented Audi Q7 when he is said to have hit a VW Polo which had stopped at a set of traffic lights.

Fishermen Graziano Battistelli, 52, and Marco Iampieri, 41, died in the crash. One of them was said to have been decapitated.

Collins was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and police say he had 300mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.

The drink-drive limit in Italy is 51mg alcohol per 100ml of blood, lower than the UK's 80mg per 100ml.