By Milly Vincent For Mailonline
Published: 18:10 BST, 23 June 2019 | Updated: 18:42 BST, 23 June 2019
A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a car struck down and killed a pensioner in a suspected targeted attack, just hours after the summer solstice celebrations.
Murder squad detectives are investigating the fatal collision on the A303 Eastbound which took place on Friday afternoon at 4.50pm near Solstice Park in Amesbury, Wiltshire - just seven miles from world heritage site Stonehenge.
A vehicle is believed to have intentionally hit the 63-year-old man before driving off.
The victim was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance but sadly succumbed to his injuries and passed away in the early hours of this morning, triggering a murder investigation.
The neolithic Wiltshire monument is built along the solstice alignment of the summer sunrise and the winter sunset
A police spokesman said the victim's family were today being supported by specially trained officers.
The spokesman said it was a busy road, and believed the horrific incident would have been witnessed by shocked commuters driving home for the weekend.
They would have witnessed the attacker flee the scene after the vehicle failed to stop, the spokesman added.
Usually a sleepy civil parish Amesbury, home of Stonehenge, had been hosting an estimated that 10,000 people on Friday as they gathered at the Neolithic monument to greet the start of the longest day of the year, according to Wiltshire Police.
Following investigations, officers have today confirmed a 23-year-old man from Watford, Hertfordshire, was arrested on
