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Densole: Traffic at a standstill after a girl is 'hit by a car'

00:00, 30 September 2016

updated: 08:30, 30 September 2016

Traffic has now cleared, hours after it lined a main route between Folkestone and Canterbury this morning after a girl was run over.

The Canterbury Road A260 at Densole experienced high volumes of traffic near the Coach Road junction.

Police and ambulance crews were at the scene.

The emergency services are at the scene. Picture: James Middleton
The emergency services are at the scene. Picture: James Middleton

An 11-year-old girl sustained a leg injury.

The ambulance spokesman said she was fully conscious when paramedics arrived.

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police received a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a vehicle in Canterbury Road, Densole at 7.43am.

"Officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene and the road was closed for a short time.

"The pedestrian was taken to hospital."

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