Friends pay tribute to 26-year-old loving dad, Jim King, killed in Sutton-at-Hone crash

The 26-year-old was killed when his silver Vauxhall Tigra hit a Mercedes at the junction of Station Road and Dartford Road, Sutton-at-Hone at 10pm on June 14.

Mr King, known as Cheno - a nickname he picked up at school - was a member of national car enthusiast group, Performance-UK.

Jim King

Club owner, Alan Davey, 33, who lives in Dartford has spoken of the traumatic moment a fellow Performance-UK member drove past the scene just minutes after the accident had happened.

He said: "One of our members, Dave, was the second on the scene.

"We all have Performance-UK stickers on our cars and Jim was the only member with silver Tigra so he knew he was involved.

"He still can't talk about it for more than five minutes without tearing up."

Mr King has been described as loving father, besotted with young son Archie.

A tribute left at the scene of the accident

Mr Davey added: "He loved that lad, he would do anything for him.

"He was a fantastic dad.

"Jim was a stand-up bloke, the type of guy who would give you his last dime.

"It's left a void in the club, we are more like a family, going in and out of each other's houses, having BBQs.

"We'd only seen him a few days before, we were all laughing, joking with him."

Club members gathered at Farningham Road Station to leave tributes to their friend on June 21 before taking part in car show Tunerfest in Brands Hatch.

The club bagged the trophy for biggest club stand and £200 prize money which was added to fund to help pay for Mr King's funeral and start a savings account for his son.

Mr Davey said: "He was definitely there with us.

"We've started a fund where 75 per cent will go towards his funeral and 25 per cent will go into a fund for his lad to access when he turns 21."

If you would like to leave a tribute to Mr King email fiona.simpson@london.newsquest.co.uk or call: 01689 885734