Seven-year-old William Brown died at the scene of the collision on the A259 Sandgate Esplanade.
BBC News, South EastA driver who hit a seven-year-old boy in his van and left the scene of the crash has been given a suspended sentence at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court.
Stewart Powell, 49, of Dunstall Gardens, St Mary’s Bay, pleaded guilty to failing to stop following a collision and driving without valid insurance at an earlier hearing.Prosecutor Julie Farbrace said Powell drove a short distance after hitting William and saw CPR being carried out on the boy as he he lay in the road.The court heard Powell called 999 the following day and told officers the incident had "stressed me out", as he described how William ran in front of him.
Mr Brown said his son should not have been in the road and the accident "could have happened to anyone".
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