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Lane reopens on M2 between Sittingbourne and Faversham after car on fire

By: Poppy Jeffery

Published: 11:39, 24 February 2017

Part of the M2 was closed after a car crashed, left the motorway and caught on fire, but has now reopened.

The coastbound carriageway between junction 5 for Sittingbourne and junction 6 for Faversham was affected after emergency services received the call at around 10.40am.

A woman broke her leg in the accident.

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Police, fire and ambulance crews all attended, with three fire engines, two ambulances and two ambulance cars being sent.

An ambulance spokesman said: "A car left the road and caught fire and a 24-year-old woman and three-year-old child were removed from the vehicle.

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"The woman suffered a broken leg and both she and the child were taken to the William Harvey Hospital for further treatment/assessment.

Ambulance crew was at the scene. Stock picture.

A Kent Fire and Rescue spokesman added: "Crews used a hose reel jet to extinguish the blaze."

Highways England was reporting another accident on the opposite side between the same two junctions.

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