Driver taken to hospital after car flips over in Orpington

Emma Fradgley

26 May 2024 at 6:31 am·1-min read

Sevenoaks Road Orpington: Driver taken to hospital as car flips over <i>(Image: Google maps street view/PA)</i> — Sevenoaks Road Orpington: Driver taken to hospital as car flips over *(Image: Google maps street view/PA)*

A driver has been taken to hospital after a car flipped over in Orpington.

Police were called to Sevenoaks Road at around 10.10am this morning (Sunday, May 26) to reports of an overturned car.

The driver has been taken to hospital “as a precaution” and no other vehicles are believed to have been involved.

Enquiries continue.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called at approximately 10:10hrs on Sunday, 26 May to reports of a car overturned on Sevenoaks Road, Orpington.

“The driver of the car was taken to hospital as a precaution.

“No other vehicles believed involved in the collision.

“Enquiries into the circumstances continue.”

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