Two Albanian men have been charged after a pedestrian in his 80s died when he was hit by a car and carried on top of it for as much as a mile.
The elderly man was killed after being hit by a grey Mercedes estate car on the A289 Gads Hill in Gillingham on Monday, December 29.
He was found on Grange Road in the Medway town, almost a mile or more from where he was hit.
The car was located nearby and the two occupants fled on foot, police said.
On Friday morning, Kent Police said Albert Matraxhiu, 28, of Orange Hill Road, Edgware, north London, had been charged with death by dangerous driving.
Erald Paci, 29, of Five Way Court, Chatham, Kent, has been charged with perverting the course of justice.
The force said both men are Albanian nationals and have been remanded to appear in court on Friday.
Emergency services rushed to the incident at around 12.10pm as paramedics treated the man at the scene. However, he was later pronounced dead, the force said.
The incident sparked a major emergency services response with more than 20 police, fire and ambulance vehicles sent to the scene, as well as the air ambulance and police helicopter.
Resident Ralph Belmonte said the man was found by a postman outside his home, more than a mile away from the collision.
‘The air ambulance landed in the field nearby, and they had drones and police dogs searching,’ Mr Belmonte said.
‘This lane has always been isolated, and there has been some incidents, but nothing to this scale.
‘The police and ambulance crews were so quick. There were around 20 cars here.
‘The emergency response was well coordinated.’
A resident of Gads Hill, close to where the man was hit, said the roads were closed off until 6pm on the day of the incident.
She added: ‘They were cordoned off for hours. I was driving home and saw they had shut the carriageway on the other side.
‘It is horrendous.’
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