Tailbacks on the A249 are starting to ease after an earlier crash was cleared.

The Sheerness-bound carriageway was closed at the Stockbury roundabout, shortly after 5am this morning.

It followed a crash between two foreign-registered lorries and a British-registered lorry.

The incident, which happened near Bobbing, caused long delays on the M2 and back towards Maidstone.

Police reopened the road at 7.45am.

The driver of the UK-registered lorry was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital.

His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Nobody else was injured in the collision.

The cause of the crash is as yet unknown.