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Teen Seriously Injured, Driver Charged After Dartmouth Hit And Run

DARTMOUTH (CBS) – A New Bedford woman was arrested after a hit and run crash in Dartmouth that left a teenager with serious injuries.

Around 5 p.m. on Thursday, a 14-year-old girl was hit while walking on Dartmouth Street.

The girl was taken by MedFlight to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence. She is listed in stable condition.

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Jessica Skaggs of New Bedford. (Image Credit: Dartmouth Police)

Police say the driver, later identified as 34-year-old Jessica Skaggs of New Bedford, fled from the scene.

Thirty minutes after the crash, Skaggs turned herself in to police.

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Jessica Skaggs appears in court on January 6. (WBZ-TV)

Skaggs was charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in bodily injury and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

The car involved in the crash was found in a parking lot a short distance away from the scene.

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