The Washington County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a car driver that hit and injured a pedestrian and fled the scene. At 9:25 pm Sunday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a hit and run on Mayfield Road north of Western Avenue in the Town of Polk. The caller, a witness to the incident, says he observed a 79 year old Town of Polk man walking in the area near a mailbox. The witness reported that a southbound sport utility vehicle struck the man in the southbound lane of traffic. The suspect stopped his vehicle and briefly spoke with the caller while the victim remained lying in the roadway. The suspect then got back into his car and turned the vehicle around and fled the scene at a high rate of speed, heading northbound on Mayfield Road and eventually turning eastbound on Sherman Road. The 79 year old victim was transported to Saint Joseph’s Hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. According to the witness, the suspect vehicle is a Saturn VUE (sport utility vehicle) dark blue in color. The operator is described as a white male, with a darker complexion, in his mid-twenties, 5’6”-5’10” in height, thinner build, longer brown wavy hair, and clean shaven. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at (262) 335-4420.
