A pedestrian was hit by a pickup late Wednesday night on the southside of Gainesville, was taken to the hospital, and later charged as a result of the accident.
It happened at approximately 11:20 in the 1100 block of Industrial Boulevard.
“The pickup driver…Giancarlo Mendez-Ibarra, 20, of Gainesville, was southbound on Industrial when the passenger side of his (truck) hit the pedestrian who was walking along the road,” Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth wrote in an email. The impact broke the passenger’s-side mirror on the truck.
Hall County Fire Rescue transported the pedestrian, Gina Valeria Alvarez, 40, of Gainesville, to Northeast Georgia Medical Center for treatment. Deputies classified her injuries as minor, Booth said.
“They cited (Alvarez with) pedestrian on highway. Mendez-Ibarra does not face charges,” he added.