Dartmouth Woman Arrested for Mall Hit-and-Run

DARTMOUTH — On Saturday, August 15 at approximately 9 p.m., Dartmouth Police and other emergency responders were dispatched to the parking lot of the Dartmouth Mall regarding a hit-and-run crash resulting in the injury of a pedestrian.

While the crash was still under investigation, officers located a 2014 Hyundai Sonata being operated near the entrance to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. The Hyundai matched the description of the vehicle allegedly involved in the crash.

As a result of the investigation which followed, the operator of the Hyundai, identified as Kylie Maynard, 20, of Dartmouth, was placed under arrest and charged with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in personal injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (the vehicle), and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

The 19-year-old female victim who was struck by the vehicle was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash is currently under investigation by members of the Dartmouth Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit.

— Dartmouth Police