A 64-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman have died after a car crashed on a main road.<\/p>\n
Police were called to the single-vehicle collision on the A228 Pembury Northern Bypass, near Tunbridge Wells Hospital, at around 11.43am yesterday (May 18).<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the A228 Pembury Northern Bypass following the serious crash. Picture: KCC Highways<\/p>\n
A silver Renault Megane travelling from Pembury towards Whetsted is believed to have left the carriageway and entered woodland before colliding with trees.<\/p>\n
The incident happened between Tonbridge Road and Old Church Road.<\/p>\n
Officers attended the scene alongside paramedics, where the driver, a 64-year-old man, had sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n
The passenger, a 60-year-old woman, was airlifted to a London hospital, where she later died.<\/p>\n
Their next of kin is aware.<\/p>\n
Officers from Kent Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit are carrying out inquiries and urge anyone who witnessed the incident, or saw the vehicles before the collision, to contact them.<\/p>\n
CCTV and dashcam footage can be submitted here.<\/a><\/p>\n