The man struck in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Lowell on Friday is “not likely to survive,” an assistant prosecutor told a judge at the driver’s arraignment on Monday, NBC 10 Boston reported.
Christopher Campbell, 30, of Billerica, was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of personal injury and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, carjacking, larceny of a motor vehicle, negligent operation and a marked lanes violation, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office previously said in a statement.
He appeared in Lowell District Court, where it was revealed that the man struck was out for a regular walk on Friday night, NBC reported.
Now on life support at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, the man is not expected to recover, an assistant prosecutor told the judge, according to NBC.
Campbell was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on May 12.
At around 10:25 p.m. on Friday, Campbell crashed his Volkswagen Jetta into another car in the area of Boylston and Rogers Street in Lowell, Ryan’s office said. After the crash, Campbell got out of his car and began jumping and shouting on the hood of the other car.
Frightened, the other driver left her car before Campbell stole another driver’s car, Ryan’s office said. Campbell drove the car on the sidewalk on Roger Street when he struck the man now hospitalized.
Shortly after 11 p.m., Massachusetts State Police received several reports of a car with no lights on driving erratically and stopping in the left lane of I-495 south in Franklin, Ryan’s office said. A short time later, State Police received a report that the car had been hit by another car while it was stopped in the left lane.
Troopers responded to the scene and found the car abandoned, Ryan’s office said. During their investigation, troopers determined that the car was stolen from Lowell.
State Police and Franklin police established a perimeter and began a search for Campbell, who was found on the other side of the highway hunkered down in a culvert, Ryan’s office said. When he saw police, he yelled that he had a gun.
Franklin police then tased and arrested Campbell, Ryan’s office said.
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