Two males charged after pensioner killed throughout hit-and-run in Gillingham | EUROtoday

Two males have been charged after a pedestrian in his 80s died when he was hit by a automotive and carried on high of it for as a lot a mile.

The incident came about at round 12.10pm on Monday 29 December, with the sufferer believed to have been struck on the on the A289 Gads Hill in Gillingham, Kent by a gray Mercedes property.

The man was discovered on Grange Road within the Medway city, doubtlessly virtually a mile or extra from the place he was hit.

The automotive was discovered close by and the 2 occupants fled on foot, police stated.

Speaking to the BBC, Ralph Belmonte, a resident of Grange Road for 47 years, stated a postman found the physique on the highway after having mistaken it for a dummy strapped to the roof of a driving automotive.

“It was only on his return to drop the rest of the mail off that he saw [the body] on the road and approached it thinking that it might have been a dummy and it could create a problem, an accident.

“And as he went to show it over, he realised it was truly a physique.”

He added: “It’s as secure as anyone’s space actually, till one thing like this occurs, you already know – all the pieces’s secure till turns into unsafe.

“It’s not an area known for high crime rate, but it can happen anywhere.”

On Friday morning, Kent Police stated Albert Matraxhiu, 28, of Orange Hill Road, Edgware, north London, has been charged with loss of life by harmful driving.

Erald Paci, 29, of Five Way Court, Chatham, Kent, was charged with perverting the course of justice.

The drive stated each males are Albanian nationals and have been remanded to look in courtroom on Friday.