Floral tributes have been left at the scene where a 30-year-old woman was killed when a car smashed into her as she walked along a road on Wednesday morning.

Turkish national Pelin Kaya died after a BMW driven by Jeremie Camilleri ploughed into her on Testaferrata Street.

He was charged with murder later on Thursday.

Flowers were laid at the site of the petrol station and the Gżira branch of KFC where the incident happened.

A bunch of flowers at the KFC, which was partly boarded up on Thursday. Photo: Giuila Magri

The restaurant was open on Thursday but part of it was boarded up, a sign of the devastation that occurred when Camilleri's car smashed into it.

And although the site has been cleared, remnants of shattered glass lie scattered.

A sign invited mourners to pay their respects to the victim, who turned 30 an hour before she was killed, but warned them not to light candles because of the danger of naked flames at the site. 

In spite of the warning, people still gathered with both candles and flowers. 

Tributes

A mother with her two young children came from Rabat to place a single rose. 

“It could have been us,” she said as she explained that she was at the fast food restaurant with her family only days before the incident.  

“I want to protect my children from these types of tragedies but they need to know because that’s the dangerous world we live in.”

A couple from Norway who live in the area, placed two candles near the broken window. 

“It was shocking, simply horrific.”

“Reading about it in the news… throwing rocks at her… it is just brutal.”

They said that they felt somehow connected to her despite never knowing her.

Camilleri walked out of the car unscathed and proceeded to hurl stones at the victim before resisting witnesses as well as police. 

Crying quietly to herself, a woman who said she knew the victim simply stared and declined to comment on her friend’s tragedy.

As the wind blew the candles out, KFC employees went outside to relight them. 

“I feel like it is the least I can do to respect them and what happened,” one employee said.

Police charged Camilleri with wilful homicide, a charge that carries a full life sentence.  Officers are in possession of footage showing the 33-year-old's BMW travelling at high speed directly at the victim of Wednesday morning's horrific incident. 

Interior designer Pelin Kaya has been described as a 'wonderful person'. Photo: Facebook

This, according to sources close to the investigation, proves the intent to kill and is the reason why they have opted to charge him with murder.

Friends of the young woman described her as a "wonderful" person. Her colleagues at Onepercent, where she worked as an interior designer, said she had left "an indelible mark" on the team. 

Originally from Istanbul, Kaya had moved to Malta and had been working for the company for the past year.