A man has been charged with causing the death of an 88-year-old woman following a crash in Northfleet in May.

Damian Demczuk, 27, of Quarry Hill in Grays, Essex, was arrested following the incident in London Road, near the junction with Pier Road, which happened just before 11.50am on May 30.

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The woman, named locally as Sifa Rifat, was pronounced dead at the scene, prompting an investigation by officers from Kent Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit.

It is believed that she was crossing the road with a walking stick.

Demczuk has now been charged with one count of causing death while driving without due care and attention and while unfit through drugs, and one count of causing death by driving while uninsured.

He has been bailed to appear before Medway magistrates on November 8.