A Vancouver Island driver accused of hitting a four-year-old girl on her bike is in even more trouble after police checked his record. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
May 02, 2023 - 12:49 PM
LANGFORD, B.C. - A Vancouver Island driver accused of hitting a four-year-old girl on her bike is in even more trouble after police checked his record.
Westshore RCMP say the girl was riding along a street in Langford, B.C., when she veered onto the roadway and was hit by a passing Mazda.
The girl has serious but not life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital after the crash last Thursday.
The 37-year-old driver remained at the scene. Police say they learned he had been prohibited from driving because of being unlicensed and impaired.
Mounties say in a statement they obtained a breath sample and while the man did have alcohol in his system, it was under the legal limit.
He was arrested and released until a court date in June with conditions he not be found in the driver's seat of a vehicle.
This report by The Canadian Press was first publishedMay 2, 2023.
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