{"id":1128623,"date":"2026-08-03T21:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1128623\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:28:25","slug":"a261-london-road-closed-in-both-directions-in-hythe-due-to-serious-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1128623\/","title":{"rendered":"A261 London Road closed in both directions in Hythe due to \u2018serious incident\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A key A-road has been closed in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is on the A261 London Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/hythe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hythe<\/a> , where police and firefighters are at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 3750 2278\" alt=\"The A261 has been shut in both directions while emergency services deal with an incident\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"2FYCJRRV6UN1CG49JCN0.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.65\"\/>The A261 has been shut in both directions while emergency services deal with an incident<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1098 797\" alt=\"Police have told drivers the road will be shut for some time\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"1MY6CRAZ6DQKZHZXJRGW.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.38\"\/>Police have told drivers the road will be shut for some time<\/p>\n<p>Police officers at the cordon have told drivers it is a \u201cserious incident\u201d and the road will remain closed for some time.<\/p>\n<p>Several residents have reported a car alight following a crash.<\/p>\n<p>One said there had been a car accident and people had rushed to help.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The road is blocked between the West Hythe turn-off and the junction with Old London Road.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Service have been contacted for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A key A-road has been closed in both directions. The incident is on the A261 London Road in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1128624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[8502,748,393,4884,49585,495,257,760,16,15],"class_list":["post-1128623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-accidents","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-hythe","tag-kent","tag-london","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117033704387314502","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1128624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}