Kulvinder Kaur: Man charged over Walsall hit-and-run

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a pedestrian was killed when she was struck by a car.

Kulvinder Kaur, 52, died after she was hit by a Peugeot 206 on Cavendish Road in Beechdale, Walsall, on 12 September.

Lewis Jukes, 20, has also been charged with a number of other motoring offences including failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

He appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Mr Jukes, from High Street in Brownhills, Walsall, has also been charged with stealing a Vauxhall Astra from the Wolverhampton area earlier this month as well as two counts of driving while disqualified, failing to report a collision and two counts of driving without insurance.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 15 October.

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