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Teen facing charges in Halifax hit-and-run

Police arrested a 17-year-old suspect in an early morning hit-and-run on Uniacke Street in Halifax.
Police arrested a 17-year-old suspect in an early morning hit-and-run on Uniacke Street in Halifax. Alicia Doyle/Global Halifax

HALIFAX – A 17-year-old man is facing charges in connection with a hit-and-run collision in Halifax.

Police say a car ran into another vehicle on Brunswick Street around 1:20 this morning.

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They say the driver and passenger fled on foot when officers arrived, but were caught a short time later.

The teenager faces a charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

He is due in youth court at a later date.

Police say another person was released without charges.

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