Two people were taken to hospital after a crash on one of Kent's main roads.

Paramedics and police officers were sent to the coast-bound A2, near the slip road for Bluewater at 1.45pm yesterday.

The two people suffered minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital.

Two lanes were closed while emergency services dealt with the incident. They reopened around 4pm.

The crash was originally reported to have involved six vehicles but it has since been clarified that it was just two.

Elsewhere, the London-bound M2 reopened at about 4.30pm after a lorry crashed through a barrier yesterday morning and ended up in a ditch at junction 5 for Sittingbourne.