A three-vehicle crash in Gravesend ended with a child and two men being rushed to hospital this morning (September 18).

The incident occurred in Pepper Hill at around 6.45am and a team from South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) took the three victims Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham.

A SECAmb spokesman said: “We were called just after 6.45am to the A2 London-bound to the Pepper Hill area to a collision involving three cars.

“We sent one of our cars and three ambulance crews to the scene and three patients have been taken to Medway Maritime hospital.

“We took one child with pain to their side and two men in their 30s and 50s with back pain.”

Kent Police officers attended the scene at 6.33am and put a rolling road block in place.