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| Ramsgate: Man charged over family hit-and-run deaths | Ramsgate: Man charged over family hit-and-run deaths |
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| Noga Sella and her father Yoram Hirshfeld died when they were hit by a car in Ramsgate | Noga Sella and her father Yoram Hirshfeld died when they were hit by a car in Ramsgate |
| A suspected drug-driver has been charged after a father and daughter were killed in a Ramsgate hit-and-run. | A suspected drug-driver has been charged after a father and daughter were killed in a Ramsgate hit-and-run. |
| A black Alfa Romeo hit a family of five pedestrians on Wednesday in Leopold Street, killing Yoram Hirshfeld, 78, and Noga Sella, 40. Her daughter, six, also suffered serious injuries. | A black Alfa Romeo hit a family of five pedestrians on Wednesday in Leopold Street, killing Yoram Hirshfeld, 78, and Noga Sella, 40. Her daughter, six, also suffered serious injuries. |
| Nitesh Bissendary, 30, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. | Nitesh Bissendary, 30, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. |
| He will appear at Folkestone Magistrates' Court on Saturday. | |
| The family were hit by a car on Wednesday night | The family were hit by a car on Wednesday night |
| Mr Bissendary, of Highlands Glade, Manston, was additionally charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. | Mr Bissendary, of Highlands Glade, Manston, was additionally charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. |
| He has also been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, drug driving and failing to provide a sample for analysis. | He has also been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, drug driving and failing to provide a sample for analysis. |
| The crash, outside a multi-storey car park, also caused injuries to Mrs Sella's husband, 40, and son, eight. | The crash, outside a multi-storey car park, also caused injuries to Mrs Sella's husband, 40, and son, eight. |
| The six-year-old girl remains in a serious but stable condition in a London hospital. | The six-year-old girl remains in a serious but stable condition in a London hospital. |
| Flowers and tributes have been left at the scene of the crash | Flowers and tributes have been left at the scene of the crash |
| A 58-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman have also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and possession with intent to supply class A drugs. | A 58-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman have also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and possession with intent to supply class A drugs. |
| Both have since been released on bail pending further inquiries until 8 September. | Both have since been released on bail pending further inquiries until 8 September. |
| After the crash, the Israeli government said the man and daughter who died were Israeli. | After the crash, the Israeli government said the man and daughter who died were Israeli. |
| Kent Police has renewed its appeal for witnesses, local businesses with CCTV evidence or drivers with dashcam footage of the crash at about 21:35 BST to come forward. | Kent Police has renewed its appeal for witnesses, local businesses with CCTV evidence or drivers with dashcam footage of the crash at about 21:35 BST to come forward. |
| People gathered to light candles and hold a minute's silence at the scene of the crash | |
| A vigil was held on Thursday evening on Leopold Street to pay tribute to the family, who were on holiday in Ramsgate. | |
| Friends of Mr Hirshfeld, a former mathematics professor at Tel Aviv University in Israel, spoke of his kindness. | |
| Tributes were also paid to Mrs Sella, a Cambridge physicist, who was a girl guides leader with 2nd Milton Guides and Milton Rangers in Cambridgeshire. | |
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