Police have charged an 84-year-old Victorian driver over a hit-and-run that killed a six-year-old boy walking to a country bus stop, eight months after the collision.
Caleb Wesley died on March 27, after he was hit by a car on Bannockburn-Shelford Road in the hamlet of Teesdale, about 30 kilometres west of Geelong. He was with two older siblings, aged nine and 12, who were crossing the road on their way to school.
Six-year-old Caleb Wesley, who was struck and killed by a car in Teesdale on Thursday.Credit: Victoria Police
Police interviewed the alleged driver, a Teesdale woman, in March after they found a vehicle, an early model Nissan Pulsar, allegedly involved in the crash at her house. She was released pending further investigation.
On Tuesday, the woman was charged with failing to stop, failing to render assistance and failing to report a collision.
A schoolboy has been hit and killed by a car in Victoria’s west in March.Credit: Nine
The 84-year-old has been bailed to face court in Geelong this Friday.
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In March, the principal of Covenant College, where Wesley went to school, remembered him as an “inquisitive, friendly, empathetic, and well-loved” boy.
“He was a curious, interesting, wonderful little boy,” principal Joshua McEwen said.
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