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Londoner Charged After Senior Hit By Car

By Scott Kitching

July 11, 2017 - 3:16pm

A London woman is charged after a pedestrian had to be airlifted to hospital after being hit by a car in Otterville.

Oxford OPP say it happened Saturday around 3:55pm on Main St. in the Norwich Township community. Police say a Toyota car was heading east on Main St. when it hit a 71-year-old man who was standing beside a parked utility trailer. The force of the collision sent the man flying into the trailer.

The pedestrian was taken to hospital by ORNGE air ambulance with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the car wasn't hurt.

Tarnjit Lail, 19, of London is charged with careless driving.

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