Man dies after one-car crash outside supermarket

A man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree in a Kent village, police have said.

Kent Police said the crash happened on London Road in Ditton at about 13:30 BST on Saturday, near the entrance to a Lidl supermarket.

A silver Vauxhall Astra struck a tree and fencing, and the driver, a man in his 40s, was airlifted to a London hospital but later died.

The force said the man's next of kin had been informed and has asked witnesses or motorists with dashcam footage to come forward.

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