His arrest Monday in connection with a hit-and-run crash may not keep a Sarnia weightlifter from next month’s Commonwealth Games in Australia, a Team Canada official says.

Boady Santavy, 20, is charged after a hit-and-run collision that left a pedestrian seriously hurt early Sunday, police say. After turning himself in Monday morning, police say, Santavy was criminally charged with leaving the scene of a crash.

A pedestrian, 29, suffered serious injuries when he was hit at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday on Lakeshore Road, police say. The driver left the scene of the crash, police say.

Santavy was released from custody on a promise to appear in court. Speaking generally, criminal charges don’t automatically disqualify an athlete from competing for Canada, said Commonwealth Games Canada director Brian MacPherson.

He can go “as long as the courts allow him to travel,” MacPherson said. “If they do, as far as we’re concerned, he’s a member of Team Canada.”

Santavy, the son and grandson of competitive weightlifters, earned a sixth-place finish at the International Weightlifting Federation world championships in California late last year.

The Commonwealth Games are being held in Australia from April 4 to 15. Canada is sending 282 athletes to compete in 17 sports, including weightlifting.

Police are asking anyone with information about the Sunday morning collision to contact city police at 519-344-8861, ext. 6152 or 6132.