Female Hit By Vehicle / Capeville Man Charged With Hit & Run and DWI

Stephen Ray Carpenter

A Capeville man is in jail as the result of a traffic accident near Oyster Thursday afternoon. Stephen Ray Carpenter, 28, has been charged with driving while intoxicated, driving on a suspended license, failing to report an accident resulting in injury and maiming of another person in connection with driving while intoxicated.

According to Sheriff David Doughty, deputies received a call at about 5:20 pm to help an ambulance on Seaside Road near Eastville. Upon arrival they found a female who had been hit by a vehicle and assaulted. The identity of the victim has not been released.

The Sheriffs Office is asking anyone with information on the case to call 678-0458.

Carpenter is being held without bond in the Eastern Shore Regional Jail.

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