Levi James charged over hit and run of Alphonse Ginn at Gympie

A 32-year-old driver is accused of being behind the wheel of a car which hit a 21-year-old near a Gympie Shopping Centre, leaving him in an induced coma.

A 32-year-old Jones Hill man has been charged over a 2021 alleged hit and run which left a young Gympie man in an induced coma.

Levi James is charged with failing to immediately stop and assist and failing to comply with the duties of a driver involved in a crash following the incident near Gympie Central Shopping Centre late last year.

Twenty-one-year old Alphonse Ginn, new to Gympie at the time, was hit by a vehicle while walking along Hilton Rd with his sister and a friend about 10pm on November 5.

He was rushed to Gympie Hospital with a head injury and then flown to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

Alphonse Ginn was seriously injured after he was hit by a car allegedly driven by Jones Hill man Levi James in November 2021. Photo: Kylie Buckles.

Mr Ginn was placed into an induced coma and put on life support, with family saying the “larrikin” was awake and alert several days later.

He suffered a fractured skull and needed wiring in his jaw.

Four days after, police released a CCTV image of a white Toyota Prado they alleged could help with investigations, asking for public assistance in identifying the vehicle and its driver.

The Prado was allegedly caught on camera driving west along Perseverance St shortly after Mr Ginn was hit.

Mr James is scheduled to appear in Gympie Magistrates Court on Thursday, April 21.