Man charged in fatal hit-and-run collision from 2021

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Metropolis police have laid fees in a deadly hit-and-run collision practically a yr after making an arrest within the case.

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On Oct. 1, 2021 at about 2:15 p.m., a person strolling within the westbound lanes of fifty Avenue S.W. between Macleod Path and 1 Avenue S.W. was struck by a westbound pickup truck, mentioned police.

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“The truck then continued by means of the intersection of Macleod Path, turned proper and fled the realm. The driving force of the truck didn’t return to the scene,” police mentioned in a launch.

About 20 minutes later, a rideshare driver found the critically-injured 35-year-old man and took him to hospital, however he died.

Later that month, police arrested a person and seized a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck believed to have been concerned within the crime.

On Monday, police mentioned they’ve charged a 46-year-old man with hit-and-run and hit-and-run inflicting demise.

Resulting from a publication ban the accused within the case can’t be named, mentioned police.

On the time of the arrest final October, police mentioned a collision-reconstruction investigation can take months to finish resulting from its complexity.

Anybody with extra data on the case is requested to cellphone police at 403-266-1234 or they’ll go away a tip anonymously with Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.