Halifax Police Refer Hit-and-Run to SIRT After 58-Year-Old Man Seriously Injured
Halifax police have referred an incident to the Serious Incident Response Team after a pickup truck fled officers in Dartmouth, struck another vehicle at an intersection, and left a 58-year-old man with serious injuries. The suspect vehicle remains at large.
Halifax police have referred an incident to the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) after a 58-year-old man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run this morning.
At approximately 10:35 a.m., police observed a pickup truck with no license plate parked in a parking lot off Yorkshire Avenue Extension in Dartmouth. As officers approached, the truck left the parking lot at a high rate of speed, prompting a pursuit with lights and sirens.
The truck did not stop for a traffic signal and continued toward Windmill Road, where it struck another vehicle in the intersection. The driver of the struck vehicle, a 58-year-old man, was transported to hospital by EHS with serious injuries.
Following the collision, the truck continued onto the A. Murray MacKay Bridge. The suspect vehicle has not yet been located.
Police describe the suspect vehicle as a newer model black Ford F-150 with a tonneau cover.
Anyone with information or video of the truck or its driver is asked to call Halifax police at 902-490-5020.