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'Drunk hit-and-run driver', 30, is charged with causing deaths of Cambridge physicist, 40, and her 78-year-old father when Alfa Romeo ploughed into family-of-five
- A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, drink driving
- Black Alpha Romeo ploughed into the family-of-five at 9.30pm on Wednesday
- Local said that the family were on holiday from Israel in Ramsgate, Kent
A man has been charged with killing two people while drink driving after a mother and her father were killed when a supercar ploughed into a family of five in Ramsgate.
Cambridge physicist Noga Hirshfeld died after the nightmare crash outside a multi-storey car park in Kent on Wednesday at around 9.35pm. Her father Yoram Hirshfeld, believed to be 78, also died of his injuries from the crash.
A schoolgirl of primary school age also suffered serious injuries and was taken to a London hospital for treatment.
A man in his 40s and a boy of primary school age also sustained minor injuries. Police have confirmed that the family were not local to the area.
Nitesh Bissendary, 30, from 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 has also been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision, drink driving and failing to provide a sample for analysis. He is due to appear at Margate Magistrates Court on Saturday August 13.
Marc-Pierre Campos, 56, who owns Marc-Pierre's Kitchen, a restaurant near the crash site said the images of the incident will stay with him for the rest of his life.
He said: 'There was a big loud bang and a crash and then customers and my staff went rushing down and started shouting for someone to call the emergency services.
'I called them and they asked which service do you need and I said we need all three.
'A fire brigade was needed to pull the car off the woman. And it was clear the police need to be involved too.
'That image will stay with me for the rest of my life.'
Cambridge physicist Noga Hirshfeld died after an Alfa Romeo ploughed into her family of five outside the multi-storey car park in Ramsgate, Kent
Yoram Hirshfeld (pictured), believed to be 78, was also killed after being injured in the crash last night when a black Alfa Romeo crashed into the family
The mother was killed alongside her father when a supercar ploughed into her Israeli family of five in Ramsgate, Kent
The nightmare unfolded outside the multi-storey car park in Leopold Street on Wednesday at around 9.35pm when a black Alfa Romeo crashed into them as they stood at the side of the road
Anastasiya, 42, who didn't want to give her second name, said: 'It was a big crash. A car was driving down the road while people were waiting for the bus.
'I was there just after it happened and called the ambulance and the police and they came really quickly. They arrived around 10pm.
'The police have told us the family were from Israel.'
Anastasiya, who has lived in Ramsgate for five years and works nearby the crash site, said she saw the fire brigade lifting the car off a woman before medics tried to resuscitate her with CPR.
She said: 'The mum was under the car and the fire brigade used a fork lift to get her out.
'They then did CPR on her but she had no chance of surviving.
'They tried but she was already dead.'
A former student of Yoram Hirshfeld paid tribute to him after his death, saying he was someone who 'radiated so much kindness'.
Amnon Eden, 54, from Essex, was taught mathematics at university by Mr Hirshfeld 25 years ago. He said: 'His teaching was legendary. He knew how to explain complex math at the highest order in a way that even I, not a mathematician, and dyslexic to boot, could understand.'
He said he was sorry that his former professor died in 'such a tragic and unnecessary manner'.
Amnon added: 'Yoram deserves an obituary for being the greatest teacher and a brilliant mathematician.
'I’ve lived in five countries (Israel, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK) and worked with thousands of people… (but) Yoram was special.'
Tributes laid next to the damaged wall after the fatal crash, where people have laid flowers and written messages to the family after the fatal car crash at Ramsgate Harbour where Cambridge physicist Noga Hirshfeld and her father, Yoram Hirshfeld, believed to be 78, were killed
The scene outside a multi-storey car park in Ramsgate, where a man aged in his 80s and a woman in her 30s died after a black Alfa Romeo collided with five pedestrians on Wednesday night
A man pours water on the pavement where 2 people died and a child was injured after a car crash the night before
The family were understood to have been sat on a bench when the tragedy happened
The twisted metal and broken brickwork gave an indication of the force of which the car had hit after it went off the road
The area the car struck appears to be visible in the damaged bricks to the left of the bench
A cleaning van is parked at the scene where two people died and a child injured in Ramsgate
This morning an area of the street where the crash took place has been taped off.
A wall opposite the entrance to a multi-storey car park has been damaged and a road sign knocked to the floor.
A bench has also been removed in the wake of the accident.
Mayor of Ramsgate Cllr Raushan Ara, who has a business nearby, said her heart goes out to the family.
Reacting to the tragedy, she said: 'It's so sad. I was frightened last night [Wednesday] because there so many police cars and ambulances - and the fire engines were going up and down until 11pm.'
Cllr Ara added that the incident reinforces the need for 'speed controls' in the town, reducing the limit to 20mph.
She added: 'We have been fighting for this for many years.'
A man has been arrested after two people were killed and a schoolgirl left seriously injured
It unfolded outside the multi-storey car park in Leopold Street on Wednesday at around 9.35pm
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