Driver charged following collision in Brunswick West

Fawkner Highway Patrol officers have charged a driver following a collision in Brunswick West on 4 June.

Emergency services were called to reports a car had struck a pedestrian at the intersection of Melville Road and Victoria Street just after 8.30am.

The pedestrian, a 70-year-old female, was transported to hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the vehicle stopped momentarily but fled prior to police arrival.

A Brunswick man presented himself to a police station this morning.

The 40-year-old man has been charged with

- unlicensed driving

- fail to stop and render assistance at collision scene with serious injuries

- fail to render assistance at scene of serious collision

- fail to notify police of serious injury collision

He has been bailed to appear Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court on 5 October.

Belinda Batty

Media Unit

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