A Wareham man was sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours of community service after he pled guilty in district court last month to leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury that occurred last July.

David Pajunen, 22, of County Road in Wareham, will lose also his license for a year and have to attend a court ordered safe driving class.

Pajunen was arrested on July 21 last summer after he struck a 40-year-old woman and her two dogs while she was walking on County Road in the late afternoon.

One dog was killed. Animal Control transported the other dog to a local veterinarian.

Marion Fire and Wareham EMS treated the woman at the scene. She was transported to Tobey Hospital and later flown to Rhode Island Hospital via Med-Flight.

Pajunen left the scene after the accident, but was tracked down after police received information about the vehicle involved in the crash.

The investigation led police to 202 County Road in West Wareham where they were greeted by a woman who said she was Pajunen’s aunt. She said her nephew had told the family that he hit a woman and wanted to turn himself in to the police, according to court documents.

Pajunen’s father, David Pajunen, then came outside and told the officers that he would bring his son to the police station to turn himself in.

Police told him that they would be placing his son under arrest, at which point he and Pajunen’s aunt expressed concern about his emotional state, saying he was very upset and concerned about the woman.

According to police, Pajunen sobbed uncontrollably as he was handcuffed and searched for weapons and contraband, and repeatedly said that he was very sorry.

Pajunen was read his rights, and on the ride to the police station, told the officer that the victim stepped into the path of his vehicle and he was sorry he hadn’t stopped.

Pajunen kept asking about the victim’s condition, becoming increasingly distressed. He informed the officer that he was having trouble breathing, according to court documents.

The officer called an ambulance and administered oxygen to Pajunen while waiting for it to arrive.

Marion EMS transported Pajunen to Tobey Hospital, and he continued to talk about the accident on the way, telling paramedics he had nowhere to go when she stepped into the path of his car, panicked, and fled the scene, according to police reports.