Accused remains behind bars

A first appearance in court today for a city man charged in a weekend traffic death.   25 year old Christian Hernandez remains in custody following a video appearance in a Thunder Bay court room Wednesday morning.  Hernandez is charged with Impaired Driving Causing Death and Failing to Stop at the Scene of an Accident in connection with the weekend death of 45 year old Richard Carmichael.  He was struck by a vehicle on High Street.   Hernandez appears in court again on Friday.