22-year-old charged in vehicle-pedestrian collision in Cape Breton

A Cape Breton Regional Police vehicle is pictured.

A 22-year-old driver is facing a charge in connection to a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Membertou, N.S., last month.

The Cape Breton Regional Police responded to the reported collision at Churchill Drive around 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 7. The victim went to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police identified a white 2015-2021 Volkswagen Golf as the suspect vehicle that fled the scene.

Mitchell Charles Doucette will appear in court to face a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing bodily harm on April 22.

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