A crash on the Sheppey-bound A249 near Sittingbourne has led to lengthy delays this afternoon.

Two vehicles are understood to have collided just after 4pm, leaving one of them off the dual-carriageway between Stockbury and Key Street at Sittingbourne.

South East Coast Ambulance Service was also called and a man was taken to hospital with neck and chest injuries.

A police spokesman said officers had remained at the scene to wait for the vehicle to be recovered.

Firefighters from Rochester Fire Station were also sent to help.