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A257 blocked after tractor and lorry collides between Pedding Lane, Ash, and Rusham Road, Wingham

A busy road was closed for nine hours after a lorry and a tractor were involved in a collision.

The A257 was shut both ways near Sandwich, from Pedding Lane, Ash, to Rusham Road, Wingham.

Police are at the scene on the A257
Police are at the scene on the A257

Police and the air ambulance were called to the scene at 1.25pm and a man was flown to a London hospital.

Kent Highways tweeted at 3.20pm to warn motorists about the closure.

Recovery of the vehicles and accident investigation work took place in the road.

A spokesman for Kent Police said: "Kent Police was called to a report of a collision between a tractor and a lorry on the A257 near Shatterling at 1.25pm."

"Officers attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service and an air ambulance and a man was flown to a London hospital."

The road re-opened at 10.15pm.

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