ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Antigonish RCMP have laid charges following a collision between a car and a pedestrian that occurred in Antigonish on Oct. 20.
At 6:40 p.m., RCMP responded to a collision on James Street in Antigonish, after a youth was attempting to cross the street in a marked crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle.
The driver of the car, a 69-year-old man from New Glasgow, was not injured while the youth was taken to hospital by EHS with non-life threatening injuries.
Following a brief investigation, the driver was charged under the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act for failing to yield to a pedestrian in an itersection.