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Arrest after car overturns in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone

16:09, 29 August 2024

updated: 16:40, 30 August 2024

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a car flipped on a busy road.

Two cars were involved in the crash in Upper Stone Street in Maidstone at around 1.10pm today (August 29).

The overturned car in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone. Picture: Daniel Foulds
The overturned car in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone. Picture: Daniel Foulds

Police and paramedics were called and the road was closed while they dealt with the scene. It has since reopened.

Mark, who was working in Dave’s Tattoo Art shop at the time, said a man waited in the shop before being taken to hospital in Pembury.

He said: “I don’t know how it happened but he sat in the shop recovering.

Police and ambulance at the scene of the crash in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone. Picture: Daniel Foulds
Police and ambulance at the scene of the crash in Lower Stone Street, Maidstone. Picture: Daniel Foulds

“I’m not sure if it was shock or something but he didn’t want to talk.”

A man in his 50s was arrested in connection with suspected drug driving offences.

He has since been bailed to return to the police station on November 29.

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