By JEFF TIRRELL
(NORTHAMPTON) –An Easthampton man has been arrested after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a car in Northampton Thursday night.
According to Northwestern District Attorney spokesperson Mary Carey, Northampton Police were called to the area of 1095 Florence Road where they located a woman who had been hit by a car. The woman was taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Carey said police also located the driver of the car, whom they identified as the woman’s boyfriend.
Police arrested Joseph Adams, 30, of Easthampton, on charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, leaving the scene of personal injury, and misleading a criminal investigation.
State and Easthampton Police continue to investigate.