Hamilton man charged in series of Halloween night crashes

Three months after police responded to a series of collisions in downtown Hamilton, police have laid numerous charges against a 25-year-old man.

Police received multiple 911 calls on Halloween night about an off-road Yamaha dirt bike driving dangerously before it collided with a vehicle near Gage Avenue and Dunsmure Road.

Police say after the collision, the dirt bike rider picked up his bike and fled the scene, leaving his helmet and shoe behind.

A short time later, the same man on the dirt bike was involved in a serious collision with a pickup truck at the intersection of Main and John and suffered life-altering injuries.

Ronald Fallis of Hamilton is charged with dangerous driving, impaired driving, careless driving, breach of probation, driving with a suspended licence, and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.