COPS have charged a man a week after a 27-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run in London.

Emergency services rushed to the scene on Clapham High street at 2.41am Sunday and discovered a pedestrian had been hit by a car.

He was rushed to hospital, but died a short time later.

The car failed to stop at the scene of the collision.

On Thursday Met Police they had arrested Wahib Zahid, 19, – and last night he was charged on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

He appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court this morning.

The victim's identity has not yet been officially confirmed, but specialist officers have informed his next of kin. 

The investigation is been led by specialist officers from with in the Met's Roads and Transport Policing Command. 

Anyone who has information about the incident, or dashcam/cctv/mobile phone footage of the smash is asked to call police on 101 citing the reference CAD 1040/09Jul.

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