Police have upgraded charges laid against a 91-year-old driver who they allege failed to stop after hitting an elderly pedestrian on the Central Coast earlier this year.
About 8.25am on Saturday July 4, emergency services were called to Blackwall Road in Woy Woy, following reports an 87-year-old pedestrian had been hit by a white Toyota Corolla who left the scene.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 87-year-old man at the scene for suspected leg and hip fractures before being taken to Gosford Hospital.
Officers from the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit commenced inquiries into the crash and charged the Corolla driver, a 91-year-old Koolewong man, at the time.
Sadly, the elderly pedestrian died in hospital on Monday.
Following further inquiries, the 91-year-old man was charged with two additional offences – dangerous driving occasioning death and negligent driving occasioning death – today.
He is due to appear at Gosford Local Court on Thursday November 19.
