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A man has been charged over a car crash in Ramsgate that left two dead | News from Great Britain

A man has been charged following an incident in Kent that left two people dead and a child seriously injured, Kent Police said.

A black Alfa Romeo was involved in a collision with five pedestrians, all members of the same family, outside the multi-storey car park in Ramsgate, Kent, at around 9.35pm on Wednesday.

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 30s died soon after, and a young girl was seriously injured.

Nitesh Bisendari, 30, of Manston, Kent, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

He is also charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident, drink driving and failing to provide a sample for analysis and will appear at Margate Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

Officers investigating the incident also arrested a 58-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. Both have been bailed until September 8.