Chester Grant man charged with impaired driving after hit-and-run involving child: N.S. RCMP
A Chester Grant, N.S., man is facing charges, including impaired driving, after he allegedly hit a child with a truck in a beach parking lot and left the scene Saturday evening.
Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a report of a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian on Huckleberry Lane in New Ross around 7:20 p.m.
The RCMP says officers learned a Ford F250 hit the child and then 'took off at a high rate of speed.'
A family member took the child to the New Ross Volunteer Fire Department for immediate medical treatment. They were later transported to hospital by ambulance with what police say were non-life-threatening injuries.
Just before 9 p.m., an RCMP officer located the truck believed to be involved in the hit-and-run parked along New Russell Road.
'The male driver displayed signs of impairment and was arrested. He was transported to the Chester Detachment where he provided breath samples of 210 mg% and 200 mg%,' reads a news release from the Nova Scotia RCMP.
Jacob Thomas Walker, 35, has been charged with failure to stop after an accident and impaired operation causing bodily harm.
Walker was remanded into custody and appeared in Bridgewater provincial court on Monday.
The investigation is ongoing.
For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
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