A Walnutport woman has been charged for striking a pedestrian in Walnutport and leaving the scene of the incident.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by officer Nicholas Hartman of the Walnutport Police Department in the case against Louise Mulqueen, 60:

At 3:37 p.m. Nov. 9, Lehigh County Communications asked the Slatington Police Department to handle a call of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle and was lying in the roadway at 1 Main St. in Walnutport due to Hartman being busy at District Court.

The victim was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest Campus, to be observed for his injuries.

After obtaining reports from Slatington, Hartman spoke with witnesses.

One said she was driving east on Main Street and stopped to allow the victim to cross from South Canal Street to North Canal Street. She said the victim was walking and was struck by a small black car driving west.

Witnesses said the woman, whose nickname is “Weezey,” got out and said, “I didn’t want to hit him!” and that she seemed very upset. The driver left in the commotion.

Another witness was stopped at the stop sign on North Canal Street, where he saw the victim approaching Main Street from South Canal.

The witness said there was heavy traffic, so he was waiting to pull out. He said he saw the victim rolling off the hood of the black car. He put his truck in park and called 911. He said the woman got out of her vehicle and stated, “I never seen him,” and seemed very upset.

The witness described the woman as older, frail and wearing braces on her legs.

Hartman spoke to the landlord at the home on Cherry Street and requested information about her tenant, “Weezey.”

She was identified as Mulqueen, 60.

At 3 p.m. Nov. 10, Hartman was walking to his patrol car when a small black car pulled into the police headquarters’ parking lot with an older woman driving it, whom he recognized as Mulqueen.

Hartman jotted down Mulqueen’s registration and checked the front of the vehicle for damage.

Mulqueen told him, “I got scared; that’s why I left,” and, “I did get out of the car.”

Hartman asked Mulqueen to calm down and come into the police station to talk with him.

Mulqueen confessed and gave a written confession about hitting the victim, who was in the crosswalk, then exiting her vehicle to check on him. She said she was scared of what might happen, so she left the scene of the crash to go to her friend’s house in Slatington.

On Nov. 13, Hartman called the victim, who said he was having trouble walking, so he was staying with his sister. He also had a cut on his right elbow.

Mulqueen faces charges of accidents involving death or personal injury; duty to give information and render aid; and immediate notice of accident to police department.

She is currently free in lieu of $10,000 unsecured bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Dec. 31 before District Judge Robert A. Hawke of Walnutport.