Charles Ostrander, 29, struck by car on Samish Way in Bellingham, Washington

A Bellingham man who hit a pedestrian with his car on Samish Way Saturday night, Dec. 21, was booked into jail on suspicion of vehicular assault. Officers received a report that a shirtless man was jumping into the street and screaming at cars in the 1000 block of Samish Way at 10:03 p.m.. A minute later, another caller reported that a southbound Subaru station wagon had struck a man in the same block. The 29-year-old victim was unconscious and bleeding when police arrived, and he was taken to St. Joseph hospital with a head injury. The driver, Michael Scott Mcallister, 22, stopped his car at the scene and was later booked into Whatcom County Jail on suspicion of vehicular assault. According to police reports, Mcallister showed signs he was inebriated and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol. When reached by phone Sunday afternoon, Dec. 22, the victim, Charles Ostrander, said he had just gotten out of the hospital and was doing alright.

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