RIVER FALLS, Wis — Investigators in St. Croix County are hoping to find witnesses who could help identify the motorist responsible for a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian badly injured.
The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office says the incident took place between 2 and 2:30 a.m. Sunday on Wisconsin State Highway 35, just south of Radio Road near River Falls. Responding deputies spoke with people in several vehicles that saw the 27-year-old male victim in the lanes of traffic and had stopped.
A department spokesperson says the area was wrapped in a snowstorm at the time of the hit-and-run, and that driving conditions were terrible. He said first responders urged vehicles occupied by potential witnesses to leave the scene to avoid causing additional crashes.
Investigators are looking to speak with anyone who may have seen the actual hit-and-run, including female occupants of two vehicles that stopped, but left the scene before law enforcement arrived.
The man who was struck remains hospitalized in serious condition.
Anyone with information on potential witnesses or the incident itself is asked to call St. Croix County investigator John Shilts at 715-381-4319.
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