The family of a 16-year-old who died after a road crash involving a Medway driver have paid tribute to a “gifted” boy.

Josh Callaghan was walking along London Road, near Rosherville Primary School, Northfleet when a car left the road and mounted the pavement on Saturday at about 4pm.

The youngster, of Canon Road, Bromley, was taken by air ambulance to the Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel, but died in the early hours of Sunday morning.

His father, Tim Callaghan, who was walking with him at the time, said: “He was a gifted and popular boy who is going to be greatly missed by many people.

"He loved his music and could play the drums, guitar and his latest love, the bass guitar.

"He had a large circle of friends and was a loving son and brother – a bright star who had far to go. We are all devastated by his death.”

The car driver, a man from Rochester, was in a maroon Vauxhall Vectra, which also collided with a parked car. He was taken to Darent Valley Hospital with arm and leg injuries.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident.

Anyone who saw the collision, or the moments just before it, is asked to call Kent Police’s Serious Collision Witness Appeal Line on 01622 798538.