A midwife has been left devastated after her car was written off while she was working a night shift.

Deborah Simmons had been working at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham overnight on Sunday.

When she returned to the staff car park, the 57-year-old found her BMW had been crashed into and left abandoned without a note.

Deborah, who lives in Parkwood and has worked at the hospital for 10 years, reported it to site security and she has now been left without a car.

Her daughter Melise Wood said: "I had a very emotional phone call. To say she was devastated was an understatement, somebody had in fact smashed into her car and drove off.

"Not even having the decency to leave contact details or report it. This is disgusting behaviour especially with everything going on with Covid-19 and her working the front line.

"Not only is this damage going to cause my mum a huge sum of money, but has also only just paid to fix it by working overtime.

"Let's not forget how she will now struggle to get to and from work with everyone being in quarantine and trying to avoid public transport with two metre social distancing in place."

Meanwhile, Deborah has been offered lifts from her colleagues.

Police spokesman James Walker said: "Kent Police is investigating a report that a car parked in the car park of Medway Maritime Hospital had been damaged on the night of Sunday, March 22 and Monday, March 23.

"At present no suspects have been identified and enquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing."

It is understood hospital staff are working to assist police with their inquiries.

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