{"id":11250,"date":"2025-08-03T07:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=11250"},"modified":"2025-08-03T07:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:14:01","slug":"woman-and-infant-seriously-injured-on-sidewalk-driver-fled-on-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2025\/08\/03\/woman-and-infant-seriously-injured-on-sidewalk-driver-fled-on-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman and Infant Seriously Injured on Sidewalk, Driver Fled on Foot."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eskasoni RCMP responded to a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Eskasoni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 1, at approximately 1:40 p.m., RCMP officers, fire services, and EHS responded to a report of a collision on Gabriel St., where a GMC Sierra struck a woman and an infant on the sidewalk before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pedestrians, a 25-year-old woman and an infant from Eskasoni, both sustained life-threatening injuries. They were transported to hospital by EHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En route to the scene, RCMP officers located the GMC truck near the intersection of 74th St. and Shore Rd., where a group of people had gathered. Based on information gathered at the scene, it was determined that the driver had fled on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly thereafter, RCMP officers located and safely arrested the driver, a 34-year-old man from Eskasoni, who was displaying signs of impairment. He was transported to the Eskasoni RCMP detachment where a drug evaluation was completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier that morning, at approximately 7:55 a.m., Eskasoni RCMP had responded to a report of a possible impaired driver involving the same GMC Sierra. An extensive search for the vehicle, led by multiple officers, was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtis Menge, 34, has been charged with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Failure to Stop After Accident Resulting in Bodily Harm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dangerous Operation Causing Bodily Harm (two counts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Menge was remanded into custody. He\u2019s scheduled to appear in Sydney Provincial Court on August 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation is ongoing and additional criminal charges are anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: RCMP Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskasoni RCMP responded to a vehicle-pedestrian collision in Eskasoni. On August 1, at approximately 1:40 p.m., RCMP officers, fire services,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11251,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11250\/revisions\/11251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}