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Man Critically Injured After Pickup Strikes Pedestrian on Indianapolis’ South Side

Police say the driver who initially left the scene returned and is cooperating with an investigation that includes a mandatory blood draw.

Overview

  • IMPD reports the collision happened around 5:45 a.m. at the intersection of Shelby and Raymond streets.
  • The injured man was taken to a hospital in critical condition following the early morning crash.
  • What began as a personal-injury dispatch was later treated as a possible hit-and-run, according to local reporting.
  • Investigators say the pickup’s driver left initially, then returned and will undergo a blood draw as required in serious-injury crashes in Indiana.
  • Officers closed the intersection, directed traffic, and maintained a heavy presence at the scene, and the case remains under investigation with no identities released.