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Man in serious condition after early-morning hit and run, dragged several hundred feet

By on April 11, 2010 3:26 pm / 5 comments

 

A Mount Pleasant man remains in serious condition after an early-morning pedestrian accident today dragged him several hundred feet on East Bellows Street.

The 20-year-old victim was flown to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids shortly following the accident that took place at 3:12 a.m. He was pushing a car eastbound on Bellows with a friend when his car was sideswiped by another vehicle, according to a news release from the Mount Pleasant Police Department.

“After he was hit, the same car that had hit him, he ended up being pinned underneath it, and that’s how he ended up being dragged,” said Dave Sabuda, MPPD public information officer.

Police are calling the accident a hit and run.

A suspect vehicle was identified and located by the MPPD, but is still being processed for evidence. Police are also trying to find the driver.

Police did not provide the name of the victim, who was originally transported to Central Michigan Community Hospital, 1221 South Dr., or if he was a Central Michigan University student.

Sabuda said the victim was in serious condition when asked this afternoon. But the MPPD was awaiting an update on his condition.

Portions of Bellows Street were blocked off on both sides of Mission Street as police processed evidence and recreated the crime scene.

The MPPD was assisted by the Mount Pleasant Fire Department, Isabella County Sheriff’s Department, CMU Police, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police and Mobile Medical Response.

No further information was available as of Sunday afternoon.

Anyone with information to add is asked to contact city police at 779-5100, an anonymous TIP line at 779-9111 or Central Dispatch at 773-1000.

 
 
 

5 Comments

  1. hcomiskey says:
    April 11, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    I can't believe someone would just leave him there to die. Don't they understand that they would get into less trouble if they stay there to help and call 911? What is this town coming to. I think the town should just have cops roam all over so things like this do not happen. I would rather there be 5 DUI charges in one night than one death.

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  2. Troller says:
    April 11, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    Well, with the way the law works, if the driver is drunk, he gets in less trouble if he flees because they cannot prove what his blood alcohol was at the time of the accident if he is apprehended the next day. Leaving the scene of a personal injury accident is only a 1-year misdemeanor, and felonious driving (the worst thing that driver can be charged with now) is only a 2-year felony. On the contrary, OWI causing injury is a 5-year felony (along with OWI 3rd offense, if applicable). So yeah, there's less time to do by leaving the scene. The driver was probably drunk, but they'll never be able to prove that now.

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    • hcomiskey says:
      April 11, 2010 at 10:47 pm

      Well I think that maybe the driver should have done the right thing and stopped to help the person he ran over. Maybe had he done so help could have gotten there minutes earlier because in an accident like that every minute counts. The person who did this is bottom of the barrell scum and hopefully he'll get more than a year or two in jail for what he has done.

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  3. AB says:
    April 12, 2010 at 1:18 am

    Because the driver tried to get away he kept the boy pinned under the car and dragged him a few hundred feet down mission. Because he tried to get away he made it way worse. He will get his. And when he realizes who he hit, it is going to hit the fan.

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