K-9 team tracks man down after accident

Brock, a police dog, is being credited with helping find a man police say fled the scene of an accident over the weekend.

At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, a black pick-up truck collided with a blue sedan at the intersection of King Street and Ritson Road. The driver of the truck fled the scene.

An officer from the K-9 unit that attended the scene was able to locate the suspect hiding in a nearby backyard.

The driver of the blue sedan was taken to hospital after suffering serious but non-life threatening injuries as a result of the crash.

A 44-year-old male of Clarke Street in Oshawa has been charged with one count each of failure to remain at an accident causing bodily harm, impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, driving while under suspension, operating a motor vehicle with no insurance and driving a motor vehicle with liquor readily available, as well as five counts of driving while disqualified.

Anyone with further information on this investigation is asked to call Const. Mitchell at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 2983.