By The Canadian Press

Edmonton lawyer suspended by employer after fatal hit and run

Apr 17, 2018 | 11:44 AM

EDMONTON – An Edmonton lawyer has been suspended by his employer after a 16-year-old girl was fatally injured in what police allege was a hit-and-run collision at a crosswalk.

Shane Stevenson, who is 47, is charged with impaired driving causing death, driving over the legal limit causing death and hit and run causing death.

Dentons Canada LLP says in a statement issued late Monday afternoon that Stevenson is a Dentons Canada partner in its Edmonton office and that he’s been suspended from the firm pending further investigation.

Police say the girl was pronounced dead at hospital after she was hit late Sunday night at a crosswalk equipped with flashing lights.

They allege the driver fled from the scene, but an off-duty police officer who had stopped for the pedestrian saw what happened and followed the vehicle while providing information to a 911 dispatcher.

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An arrest was made soon after.

(The Canadian Press)