Erickson Mondesir was arrested for Driving Unlicensed, No Insurance, Duty to Stop, and Serious Injury by Vehicle.
According to Gainesville police, Erickson Mondesir, 19, unintentionally drove his SUV into an apartment, seriously injuring an 8-year-old child.
It happened Monday at Lenox Park Apartments.
The child was airlifted to the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta with serious injuries.
Instead of Mondesir helping the child, he ran away, police said. Mondesir was caught a short time later and booked into the Hall County Jail.
He is charged with hit and run and serious injury by a motor vehicle.
Officials did not say whether the child was in the vehicle or the apartment. The child’s identity was not released.
