Police have charged the BMW driver allegedly involved in the near-fatal hit-and-run of a 13-year-old girl in Melbourne.
The 41-year-old woman was bailed to appear at Melbourne magistrates’ court on Monday, charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, failing to stop or render assistance and to report a collision.
The driver, from Sunshine North, earlier handed herself into police at her lawyer’s office on Thursday morning, ending a significant police effort to track her down.
The woman allegedly struck the teenager as she rode her bicycle on the corner of Bell and Sussex Streets on 5 November.
The girl remains in a critical condition.
Police found a dark grey BMW, which is believed to be linked to Sunday night’s crash, on Tuesday in Braybrook, in the city’s west. The car was at the back of a residential and commercial laneway, also in the city’s west.
Forensic examiners were attempting to confirm its link to the hit-and-run.
