A 9-year-old girl* died after being hit by a vehicle in Norway House on Feb. 24.
The driver of the vehicle, a 28-year-old woman, stopped to tell a 12-year-old girl who was also crossing the street when the younger girl was hit, to go call for help. The driver than fled the scene but later returned and turned herself in to Norway House RCMP officers investigating the scene.
Police arrested her for failing to stop after an accident and the vehicle was located and seized for further examination.
The driver was released from custody for a court appearance scheduled for May 4 in Kinosao Sipi Cree Nation, also known as Norway house Cree Nation.
* The original version of this story said the victim's age was 10, as indicated in an RCMP press release. The RCMP later corrected their mistake.
