Manitoba RCMP charge woman in hit and run

A woman has been charged with impaired driving in connection with a hit and run in Cormorant.

Police say a man walking on Ducharme Street in the community, roughly 537 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, was hit by a vehicle around 11 p.m. Saturday.

The 55-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver fled the scene.

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Police say an investigation led officers to a 59-year-old woman from Moose Lake, who was arrested and taken to the detachment, where a breath sample was taken.

They say the woman was found to be over the legal limit to drive.

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She has been charged with impaired operation over 90 causing bodily harm, impaired operation causing bodily harm, and failing to remain at the scene of an accident causing bodily harm.