Man charged after two dog walkers injured in alleged hit-and-run
Emergency services were called to the scene on Attwood Rd about 7.10am following a report of a white ute striking two pedestrians.
The vehicle then allegedly left the scene without stopping.
A woman sustained serious injuries, while another received moderate injuries.
The pair were taken to hospital.
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Earlier today, a 39-year-old man turned himself in at North Shore Police Station, Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Williams, Waitematā CIB, said.
He has since been charged with failing to stop and ascertain injury and two counts of careless driving causing injury.
'The investigation remains ongoing, however we would like to thank all the members of the public who have so far contacted police.'
Mitchell Prouse yesterday told 1News his mother "went airborne and landed in a ditch", while her friend "got hit and thrown to the side".
"It was shocking when I saw Mum in the ditch, and I thought she was paralysed, and then it was just rage.
"The guy left and both of them could have been dead."
Luna, a Huntaway cross. (Source: Mitchell Prouse)
The friend's dog was taken to veterinary intensive care with serious injuries, but the Prouse family's dog, a Huntaway cross named Luna, has yet to be found, he said.
The man will appear in the North Shore District Court on July 12.
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