A man has been charged with killing two people while driving under the influence after a mother and her father were killed when a supercar rammed into a family of five in Ramsgate.
Cambridge physicist Noga Hirshfeld died around 9:35 p.m. on Wednesday after the nightmare accident outside a multi-storey car park in Kent. Her father Yoram Hirshfeld, believed to be 78, also died of his injuries from the crash.
An elementary school-age schoolgirl also suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital London hospital for treatment.
A man in his 40s and a primary school-age boy also suffered minor injuries. Police have confirmed that the family does not live nearby.
Nitesh Bisdendary, 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 causing actual bodily harm.
He has also been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a traffic accident, drink driving and failing to provide a sample for analysis. He is due to appear before the Margate Magistrates Court on Saturday, August 13.
Marc-Pierre Campos, 56, owner of Marc-Pierre’s Kitchen, a restaurant near the crash site, said the footage 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 came running downstairs and started yelling for someone to call emergency services.
“I called them and they asked what service you need and I said we need all three.
“It took a fire brigade to get the woman’s car off. And it was clear that the police also had to be involved.
“That image will stay with me for the rest of my life.”
Cambridge physicist Noga Hirshfeld died after an Alfa Romeo ran into her family of five outside the 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 hit the family.
The mother was killed with her father when a supercar rammed into her Israeli family of five in Ramsgate, Kent.
The nightmare unfolded outside the Leopold Street car park around 9:35 p.m. on Wednesday when a black Alfa Romeo hit them while they were standing on the side of the road.
Anastasiya, 42, who declined to give her middle name, said: “It was a big crash. A car drove 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 very quickly. They arrived around 10pm.
“The police have told us that the family is from Israel.”
Anastasiya, who has lived in Ramsgate for five years and works near the crash site, said she saw firefighters lift a woman’s car before medics tried to revive her with CPR.
She said: ‘The mother was under the car and the fire brigade used a forklift to get her out.
“They then resuscitated her, but she had no chance of survival.
“They tried, but she was already dead.”
A former student of Yoram Hirshfeld paid tribute to him after his death, saying that he was someone who “radiated so much kindness.”
Amnon Eden, 54, from Essex, took Mathematics from Mr Hirshfeld’s University 25 years ago. He said: ‘His teaching was legendary. He was able to explain complex mathematics to the highest order in a way that even I, not a mathematician, and dyslexic to begin with, could understand.’
He said he regretted that his former professor passed away in ‘such a tragic and unnecessary way’.
Amnon added: ‘Yoram deserves an obituary for being the best teacher and 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 paid next to damaged wall after the fatal crash, where people have laid flowers and written messages to the family after the fatal car accident in Ramsgate Harbor that killed Cambridge physicist Noga Hirshfeld and her father, Yoram Hirshfeld, believed to be 78. killed
The scene outside a multi-storey car park in Ramsgate, where a man in his 80s and a woman in his 30s died after a black Alfa Romeo collided with five pedestrians on Wednesday night
A man pours water on the sidewalk where 2 people died and a child was injured after a car accident the night before
The family is said to have been sitting on a bench when the tragedy happened
The twisted metal and broken brickwork gave an indication of the force that hit the car after going off the road
The area the car hit appears to be visible in the damaged bricks to the left of the bench
A cleaning van parked where two people died and a child was injured in Ramsgate
This morning, part of the street where the accident took place was cordoned off with tape.
A wall opposite the entrance to a parking garage has been damaged and a road sign has been smashed to the ground.
A sofa was also removed after the accident.
Ramsgate Mayor Raushan Ara, who has a business nearby, said her heart goes out to the family.
Commenting on the tragedy, she said, “It’s so sad. I was scared last night [Wednesday] because there were so many police cars and ambulances – and the fire trucks were going up and down until 11pm.’
Cllr Ara added that the incident reinforces the need for ‘speed checks’ in the city, lowering the limit to 20 mph.
She added: “We’ve been fighting for this for years.”
A man has been arrested after two people are killed and a schoolgirl is seriously injured
It unfolded on Wednesday around 9.35 pm outside the parking garage in the Leopoldstraat