A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a 69-year-old army veteran was killed in an alleged hit-and-run crash.

It follows a collision on the A2050 in Harbledown in Canterbury on Saturday afternoon in which motorcycle trike rider Glyn Clarke died at the scene.

Now Claudiu Patrascu, 44, of Gate Hill, Dunkirk, near Faversham, who was arrested the following day has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. He also faces charges of taking a vehicle without consent, failing to stop following an accident, and failing to report an accident.

He was remanded in custody and was due to appear at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court today.

Mr Clarke, a grandad, had been travelling from Canterbury along the A2050 towards the A2 when the crash happened shortly before 1pm at the junction near Faulkner’s Lane.

His son Carl Clarke shared the tragic news of his father’s death on Facebook.

“It is with great sadness, that I have to tell you all that my dad, Glyn Clarke passed away today after an accident at Harbledown Canterbury,” he wrote.

“I, my wife and children will miss you loads dad. Ride fast up there.”

Glyn was a member of the Queen’s Regimental Riders Association and volunteered as the group’s land manager for its site and clubhouse near Faversham.

The project aids the recuperation of army veterans, based around horticulture.

Glyn was replanting boundary hedges and prepping the site and oversaw the recent completion of the building of the clubhouse.

He was also involved with Broad Oak allotments near his home in Canterbury.

The Association is made up of former members of the regiment who are bikers and whose aim is to also raise money for the Regimental Association’s benevolent fund..

President ‘Frosty’ Willson says Glyn’s death came as a great shock to fellow members.

“He has been with us for about six years and was one of our regular faces who always got involved,” he said.

Glyn served as an infantryman with the 1st Battalion of the Queens.

“At the time of his death, Glyn was returning to the clubhouse with his trike which was to form part of a display of motorcycles,” said Mr Willson.

“He was very well-liked and we shall certainly want to provide a rider escort for his funeral.”