Medway Services

A man has died in hospital following a serious collision on the M2 last week.

The incident happened on the coastbound carriageway of the M2, near to Medway Services at 8pm on Thursday (15th January) evening.

Emergency services attended the scene after reports of a single vehicle collision involving a gold-coloured Jaguar XF. The driver, a man in his 50s, sustained serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital, where he died on Saturday (17th January).

A dangerous driver, who severely injured another motorist, has been jailed.

Hughie Coyle, 22, of Springhouse Road, Stanford-le-Hope in Essex, was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday (31st July) to three years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and one count of driving while disqualified.

He was charged after being arrested on Saturday 18th May 2019 following a collision near a service station on the London-bound carriageway of the M2 between junction 5 and junction 4.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of theft following a high-speed police chase on the M2 earlier today (Wednesday 6th January).