Sarnia Police cruiser outside police headquarters on Christina Street. May 23, 2019. (Photo by Colin Gowdy, BlackburnNews)Sarnia Police cruiser outside police headquarters on Christina Street. May 23, 2019. (Photo by Colin Gowdy, BlackburnNews)
Sarnia

Charge laid in pedestrian collision involving a child

A driver has been charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian at a crosswalk following a collision in Sarnia Thursday afternoon.

Officers were called to the area of Wellington Street and Cardiff Drive around 4:05 p.m. after a child on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle.

The area was temporarily blocked off to motorists. Cst. John Sottosanti said the area reopened to traffic around 5:30 p.m.

Sottosanti said the boy suffered minor injuries. The age of the child was not disclosed.

Further details about the driver were not immediately available at the time of publication.

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