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Man wanted by Saskatoon police calls taxi after hit and run

Saskatoon police say a wanted man was arrested after a hit and run collision involving a tree this weekend. File / Global News

A man wanted by Saskatoon police was arrested after a hit and run collision.

Shortly before 6:30 a.m. CT on Sunday, a truck hit a parked vehicle and then a tree in the 900-block of 11th Street West.

Officials said the driver of the vehicle ran from the crash scene. He was tracked through the neighbourhood by a police dog.

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The man eventually found a telephone he could borrow and called a taxi. Police later arrested him at a home in the 3800-block of 33rd Street West.

The 19-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges of hit and run as well as breaching conditions of a previous release document. He also had an unrelated warrant out for his arrest.

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He is expected to be seen by a justice of the peace Sunday.

No injuries were reported.

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