NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE
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The South Simcoe Police Service has charged two Newmarket women after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle that failed to remain at the scene in Innisfil.
On Wednesday, March 22, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the South Simcoe Police Service responded to collision where a male pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in a parking lot in the area of Highway 89 and Highway 400 in Cookstown.
The vehicle had left the scene.
As a result of the investigation, police arrested two Newmarket women and laid charges related to the incident including fail to stop after accident and dangerous operation.
Both were released with a future court date. The 35-year-old man who was struck was treated in hospital for minor injuries and released.
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