RCMP seek driver in hit and run that badly hurt teen girl east of Calgary

Police are asking for help from the public as they look for a pickup truck driver who struck a teenaged girl last month anddrove off.

Two teenagegirls were walking along Fourth Street in the hamlet of Langdon, Alta., about 12 kilometres east of Calgary, at about 5:40 p.m. on Feb. 17 when a truck struck one of them.

The impact flung a13-year-old girl into a ditch, RCMP said. She wasairlifted to hospital in Calgary and sheis still recovering.

The driver did not stop and has not contacted police. It's believed the vehicle was a blue, early-1990s model Dodge half-ton pickup truck, RCMP said.

It had a rack covering the back window, and a toolbox and extra tankin the bed.

A short time after the collision, a vehicle matching the description was seen in aditch on Highway 24 about 10 kilometres south of Highway 1, RCMP said.

The driver was making frantic efforts to get unstuck, according to a witness. It was then spotted driving north towards Highway 1.

Anyone with information about the hit and run is asked to call Strathmore RCMP at 403-934-3535 or contact Crime Stoppers.

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