GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The Green Bay Police Department is asking for the publics help in cracking open a hit and run investigation involving a pedestrian.
The accident happened in broad daylight when a vehicle sped off from the scene.
“On April 8, around noon, this vehicle hit a pedestrian at Walnut [street] and Washington [street] and then left the scene of the accident,” explains Commander Kevin Warych with the Green Bay Police Department.
He says the department has released photos of the vehicle involved at the scene, but they are blurry.
Because of that, they are hoping to gets tips from the community from anyone that might know something or happened to be at the scene when the incident took place.
According to Commander Warych, no tip is a bad tip.
“If they know anything, if they saw anything suspicious,” he says. “Or if they saw that car at a different location we can then take that location and look for any video surveillance around that secondary location with the hopes of getting a license plate.”
The goal is to track down the guilty party and put an end to this ongoing investigation, which started once the pedestrian was struck and sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
“We want the community to know that we’re looking for the driver, or operator, or owner of this vehicle so we can complete this crash investigation,” says Commander Warych. “We owe that to the victim.”
Lastly, he says this incident serves as another reminder to the public that they should always stay put if they find themselves involved in a serious accident.
If not, they’ll get into a whole other world of trouble.
“Because once people leave the scene of the crash, they could be subsequent to a hit-and-run citation, which could be an additional citation to the citation for whatever the root cause of the crash was,” explains Commander Warych.
Please call the Green Bay Police Department at (920) 448-3200 if you have any information regarding the incident.
If you wish to remain anonymous, call Green Bay Area Crime Stoppers at (920)432-STOP or online at 432stop.com or through the P3 app through Google Play or App store.
