Appeal After Teenage Girl Dies in M20 Collision Near Aylesford

Kent Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl died following a collision on the M20 near Aylesford in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Officers were called at 3.19am on Saturday 22 August to the coastbound carriageway between junctions 4 and 5, near Teapot Lane, after a girl on the carriageway close to a footbridge was struck by vehicles including a Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Corsa. She was confirmed to have died at the scene, and her next of kin have been informed.

Investigators are asking anyone who drove through the location between 3.15am and 3.28am and saw a pedestrian on the carriageway to come forward, along with any motorists who may have relevant dashcam footage from the time.

Anyone with information is asked to call Kent Police on 01622 798538 or email sciu.td@kent.police.uk, quoting reference 46/138541/26; dashcam footage can also be uploaded via the force's public evidence portal. Source: Kent Police