Hit and Run Driver Who Fled The Scene of Accident Is Arrested In Forestville

On Thanksgiving night around 11:30 PM, Officers were dispatched to the area of Jefferson Street for a Hit and Run Accident.  While en route Officers were advised by dispatch that the driver of the striking vehicle had fled the scene of the accident on Egg Harbor Road and was travelling west on Jefferson Street. Officers checked the immediate area for the vehicle, but were not able to locate it.

Officers interviewed the complainant who had been hit by the vehicle and found that the complainant had remembered the vehicles WI Registration plate.  Based on the information gathered Officers asked the Door County Sheriffs Department to be on the look out for the vehicle. Deputies ended up finding the vehicle in Forestville. When deputies went to make contact with the driver the passenger immediately fled from the vehicle into the nearby woods.  The driver a 20 year old female from Forestville was arrested by Sturgeon Bay Officers for Violation of Absolute Sobriety, Underage Alcohol Consumption, Minor Transport  of Alcohol and Hit and Run of an Attended Vehicle.  The 20 year old female was transported to the Door County Jail where she was released to a responsible adult. The passenger was later identified and could face charges for fleeing from Officers.