Two people were taken to hospital after a “head-on” crash between two cars in Orpington last night.

Emergency services were called to the accident in Shire Lane at around 11.30pm.

Firefighters from Orpington who were called to the scene to remove people from vehicles described the collision as “head-on”.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said a 19-year-old man was treated for pelvic and shoulder injuries and taken to Kings College Hospital by ambulance.

Details of the other injured person were not available.