A Jim Thorpe driver has been charged with hitting a pedestrian and leaving the scene.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Officer Daniel Long of the Jim Thorpe Police Department in the case against Ryan Nace:

At 2 p.m. Jan. 25, Long was dispatched to the intersection of Susquehanna Street and Broadway for a report of a female pedestrian hit by a car that then left the scene.

The woman told police the traffic light was red and she pushed the crosswalk button to cross.

She said that she had the crossing signal to walk, and that a black SUV was in the crosswalk space. When she was walking across the road, the SUV pulled out and turned right, she said, hitting her and knocking her down.

She said the SUV stopped and she yelled to the driver that the vehicle hit her and the SUV left the scene.

A bystander sent the woman a photo of the SUV, a black Ford Escape that was traced to Nace, 20.

The woman complained of pain in her left leg and said she had no other injuries. She refused EMS and said she would get checked out herself.

After clearing the scene, Long and Officer Kyle Oliver went to Nace’s home in Penn Forest Township.

Nace told police he thought he could turn right on red.

Police told him that there is a sign in place that you can’t turn right on red.

Nace said when he was turning right his father was with him and said, “Whoa.” Nace said he saw a woman in the roadway looking down at her phone.

Nace said the woman fell down and started yelling at him, cursing and saying “you hit me” to him.

Due to the woman’s actions, and not thinking that he had hit her, Nace said that he left the scene.

Police told Nace he should have pulled over and called 911, and that drivers have a duty to render aid and check the welfare of the other person.

Long told Nace he would be looking at video of the intersection to determine who was at fault.

On Jan. 30, Long reviewed the video, which showed the black Ford Escape pull up to the crosswalk and stop for the red light.

Long then saw the woman push the button to get the cross signal, at which time she stepped off the curb and had to walk out past the crosswalk because the Escape was in the crosswalk.

As she was walking, the Escape pulled out and hit her, knocking her down. The woman and Nace exchanged words, and the Escape then took off and turned right onto Route 209.

At 2 p.m. Feb. 2, Nace went to the police station to give a statement, at which time he was read his Miranda Warnings and agreed to speak with Long.

Long told Nace he reviewed the video and it showed him clearly hitting the woman.

Nace told Long he wanted to see the video.

Long showed Nace the video and advised Nace that charges would be filed.

Nace faces charges of accidents involving death or personal injury, failure to stop and give information or render aid, and traffic control signals.

He is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing March 26 before District Judge Eric M. Schrantz of Jim Thorpe.