Kent pile-up: Fire crews carry out rescue operation after horror crash carnage involving 12 vehicles

Police have arrested a man after a pile-up involving at least 12 vehicles left a trail of destruction and three people in hospital.

Emergency teams were called at around 3.30pm this afternoon to reports of major collision on London Road, in Southborough, Kent.

Fire crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to rescue a man and a woman trapped following the crash, but no one involved is thought to have suffered life-threatening injuries, a spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service said.

Police, ambulance and fire officers remain at the scene amid local road closures as a clear-up operation was under way.

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police officers are currently at the scene of a collision reported to have involved at least 12 vehicles on London Road, Southborough.

"One man has been arrested following the incident, which was reported at 3.30pm.

"The road has been closed at the junction with Holden Road. Ambulance staff and firefighters are also at the scene."

A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said the three casualties were taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

He said: "They include a woman in her 30s who has suffered a head injury, but she was fully conscious while she was en route to the hospital.

"We sent four ambulances and also three paramedic cars following the reports of a multi-vehicle collision in London Road, Southborough."