Three people hit, including child, and one seriously injured by hit-and-run driver now charged with DWI at Springfield Road and Bellemeade Street in High Point, North Carolina
Police: 63-year-old driver arrested after hitting 3 people, including a child, and fleeing
Victor Charles Brooks, 63, was charged with driving while impaired, felony hit-and-run and possession of a fraudulent I.D.
3 injured in High Point hit-and-run; suspect charged DWI
It happened just after 10 p.m. at the intersection of E. Springfield Road and Bellemeade Street.
Police found three people that had been hit by the same car. Two of them were treated and released from a nearby hospital.
‘Intoxicated’ Mercedes-Benz driver hit 3 pedestrians, drove from scene, NC police say
The pedestrians were taken to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem with injuries ranging from minor to serious, according to a High Point Police Department news release Thursday.
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