Tractor plunges from bridge after collision with lorry
19th August 2025
Author: Sarah Kidby[1] The tractor driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the incident near Wrotham.
South East Coast Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of a collision between a tractor and a lorry at 11.20am yesterday (18th August), which resulted in the tractor falling from a bridge. The incident took place on the A227 overbridge near Wrotham.
Following the collision the tractor fell from the bridge onto the central reservation between junction two and three of the M20. A spokesperson for Kent Police told the BBC: "A tractor travelling on the A227 Gravesend Road became separated from its trailer and subsequently fell on to the central reservation between junction two and three of the M20." Multiple crews, a critical care paramedic and The Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex attended the scene.
The driver of the tractor was airlifted to Kings College Hospital with serious injuries.
Kent Police and Kent Fire & Rescue have been contacted for comment.
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References
- ^ Sarah Kidby (www.farmersguide.co.uk)
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