Springfield, MA : 14-year-old girl seriously injured in hit-and-run crash on Thursday evening, January 5, 2017
Springfield, Massachusetts
Dartmouth Police detectives have arrested a woman they say put a 14-year-old girl in the hospital after hitting her with her car Thursday evening.
Authorities responded to Dartmouth Street around 5:00 p.m. last night after receiving reports of a hit and run on a young girl. Emergency medical personnel discovered that the juvenile had incurred serious injuries, and transported her by helicopter to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence.
She is currently listed in stable condition, police say.
About 30 minutes after the crash occurred, the driver, Jessica Skaggs, 34, of New Bedford, turned herself in at the Dartmouth Police Headquarters. A 2004 Nissan Sentra, which Skaggs was operating at the time of the crash, was discovered in a parking lot a short distance from the scene of the crash.
Skaggs was charged with leaving the scene of a hit-and-run and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
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14-year-old girl seriously injured in hit-and-run crash