Arrest made for hit-and-run incident

KINGSVILLE — The Essex County OPP are expressing their gratitude to the public and media for their assistance in an arrest made for the hit-andrun incident on Highway 3 on April 13.

At 11:25 p.m. on April 13, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Kingsville Detachment responded to a fail to remain collision between a car and a pedestrian on Highway 3, near County Road 34, in the Town of Kingsville.

The victim, an 89-year-old from Leamington, was crossing Highway 3 when he was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

On April 20, the driver, a 55-year-old woman from Windsor, attended the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police office and was arrested and charged for the offence of failing to stop at an accident causing bodily harm contrary to the criminal code of Canada.

The matter is scheduled to be heard in Windsor Ontario Court of Justice at a later date.