A woman had to be cut free from the wreckage of a van after it crashed through the wall of an historic village pub.

Firefighters from Ashford and Charing were called to The Swan Inn at Little Chart at 2am after the crash.

A crew manager said that three people had been inside the van, and were treated by paramedics at the scene.

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Pub owner Brian Davies said he was awoken by the "almighty crash" while he was asleep just ten feet above.

He said: "I went downstairs to find the front of a van through the wall of the pub. It was coming down the road far too fast, and it's the second time this has happened in the last three months.

"It's quite scary when you are woken up at that time in the morning and half the wall under you is collapsing."

Two ambulances and the air ambulance road vehicle were called to the incident.

At least two of the people in the vehicle were taken to hospital, one being a 20-year-old woman with injuries including to her head and legs.

Video: Brian Davies describes the crash

She was fully conscious and taken as a priority to the William Harvey Hospital. The second ambulance also went to the hospital following the incident.

Structural engineers have been called and the pub is set to be closed today.