Man charged with murder after Melbourne grandmother allegedly hit by car in her own driveway

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly running over his neighbour on her own driveway in Melbourne's north.

The pair were allegedly involved in an argument last night, which believed to have led to the death of 53-year-old grandmother Melonie McKay out the front of her Reservoir home.

Police arrived at the Seston Street location just before 8pm, but McKay died at the scene.

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Her family admitted they were struggling to process the news.

"I don't know what to do, don't know how to feel," her son Trent Ottrey told 9News.

"[I] had a cry with my younger sister."

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McKay's sister said the grief has been "overwhelming".

"The conflicting emotions we feel - grief, anger, confusion - are overwhelming," she said in a statement.

"Trying to understand why something like this happened, and how someone we lived near could commit such an act, only adds to the pain."

A 44-year-old man was arrested at the scene and has been charged with one count of murder.

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He appeared in court today, and claimed he had been in custody before and has two children.

It is believed one of the children was in the car when it allegedly struck McKay.

Investigations at the scene continue, with police saying they will need around six weeks to go through all of the evidence, as well as reconstructing the scene of the crash.

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