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Maidstone Upper Stone Street reopens after crash

15:15, 24 May 2017

updated: 15:25, 24 May 2017

Roads around Maidstone are getting back to normal after a crash this afternoon.

There were delays around the Maidstone gyratory after the collision in Upper Stone Street.

The incident, which involved a motorcyclist and a car, happened close to the junction with Brunswick Street around 3.15pm.

Picture: KCC Highways
Picture: KCC Highways

Police and paramedics were sent to the scene and a spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance Service revealed a man in his 50s was taken to hospital.

They said: "We were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a motorbike at 3.15pm.

"We sent two ambulance crews to the scene. The motorcyclist, a man aged approximately in his 50s, was taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital as a priority.

"He was conscious en route and was suffering from back pain."

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