The Canterbury Road in Westgate was closed after a person was hit by a car today (June 13).
The car then flipped over on the Birchington-bound carriageway near to Ursuline College. The road was shut between Minster Road to Epple Road.
Emergency services attended the scene. A woman pedestrian and a male driver were treated by paramedics and then taken to QEQM Hospital.
A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: “SECAmb was called at approximately midday today (13 June) to reports of a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in which the vehicle had reportedly overturned in Canterbury Road, Westgate.
“Ambulance crews attended and two people, a female pedestrian, and a male driver of the vehicle, were assessed and treated at the scene before being taken to QEQM Hospital in Margate.”
Kent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Service were also at the scene.
Three fire crews attended and cut the door from the car.
A Kent Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson added: “Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a crash involving one vehicle and a pedestrian in Canterbury Road, in Westgate on Sea.
“Three fire engines attended, and crews used hydraulic equipment to remove the door of the vehicle.
“The driver was then passed into the care of SECAmb paramedics, who also went to the aid of the pedestrian involved.”
Traffic was being diverted to Camborne Avenue and Lymington Road.
