CLARK COUNTY — State troopers are looking for a driver who hit a man on East National Road in Clark County but kept going.
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On Wednesday, News Center 7 saw a state trooper near the scene of a hit-skip investigating what happened.
A witness who didn’t want to be on camera said it started as a fight inside a car Sunday night.
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“The couple that was in there was in a heated argument. Next thing you know, the car pulls off,” they said.
He said a woman was the one who took off in that car after a man got out and sat on a guardrail along a stretch of US-40.
He said a different car came back a little bit later.
“And next thing you know, he got hit by a car,” the witness said.
Then he said the emergency response was quick from law enforcement and firefighters.
“The whole side of the road was just coated with reds and blues everywhere. I mean, it was lit up like a firecracker,” he said.
State troopers said the 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury around 10:40 p.m. and medics took him by ambulance to Springfield Regional Medical Center.
Troopers said the driver in the car that hit him took off from the scene.
They told News Center 7 they know they’re looking for a silver car with a missing side mirror and passenger-side damage.
The witness said he hopes they find the at-fault driver.
“I hope they do their due diligence and figure everything out, and hopefully that guy’s alright,” he said.
We will continue to follow this story.
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