Ottawa Police have laid charges against a driver caught on a dash-cam video hitting a mother pushing a stroller in a crosswalk.

Police have charged 78-year-old Marcel Prest with failing to remain at the scene of an accident, failing to yield right of way to a pedestrian and failing to report an accident under the Highway Traffic Act.

Dash-cam video captured a van striking the woman and her son on November 23rd, 2016, at the intersection of Lola and Donald street. The video showed the driver stopping briefly, before driving off.

Julie Renaud told CTV Ottawa shortly after the accident that she felt lucky to be alive.

“I pushed my son out of the way, but I still had one handle on the stroller and that’s when he hit me on my left hand side, and I went down,” she explained.

Renaud said she shouted at the driver to wait, but claims he took off.