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NORTH CHARLESTON— Police arrested a man in connection with a pedestrian hit-and-run that occurred in the early morning hours of Aug. 2.
Officers responded to the intersection of Leeds Avenue and Dorchester Road around 1 a.m. after a report of a pedestrian hit by a car.
The victim, a 63-year-old man, was transported to the Medical University of South Carolina in critical condition, according to the incident report.
According to the initial investigation, the pedestrian contributed to the accident.
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Police used surveillance cameras to get the license plate number of the suspect's vehicle before locating and arresting 27-year-old Mario Gene Williams on a charge of hit-and-run resulting in great bodily injury, the incident report said.
Williams is being held at the Al Cannon Detention Center. His bond was set at $40,000 at an Aug. 2 bond hearing.
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