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Havre woman jailed in vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash

A Havre woman was in jail this morning after she admitted to hitting a pedestrian with her Chevrolet Trail Blazer and fleeing the scene.

Margaret Marie Bear, born in 1979, was in the Hill County Detention Center this morning being held on $50,000 bond on suspicion of negligent vehicular assault, failure to remain at an injury accident, failure to remain at an accident, failure to carry proof of insurance, driving under the influence and driving with an open alcohol container in the vehicle.

Police dispatch received a call Saturday at about 10:12 p.m. reporting a vehicle hit a pedestrian on the 400 Block of First Street.

The officer responding saw a Chevrolet Trail Blazer parked in the eastbound lane of traffic and found a man seriously injured, bleeding from his head with a fading pulse and shallow breathing.

Havre emergency medical technicians responded to the scene.

The officer later found out where the suspect was and went to the hotel where she was staying and located her.

Bear said she was driving and the victim “‘came out of nowhere,’” the document said.

She said she was driving from Fresno Reservoir back to the hotel where she was staying, “saw a ‘head’ and hit the brakes,” the document said, then walked to the hotel.

She told the officer that an open alcohol container in the vehicle belonged to her.

 

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