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Linton Man In Critical Condition Following Accident

Last updated on Wednesday, May 25, 2016

(LINGTON) - A Linton man is listed in critical condition after his moped collided with a truck Monday night.

According to Linton Police, 47-year-old Donald Hodge Jr. was taken to Greene County General Hospital and then flown by helicopter to IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for treatment.

Police say the accident happened at 9:27 p.m. at the intersection of South Main and Southeast A streets.

When police arrived Hodge was unresponsive and bleeding from his mouth.

The driver of the second vehicle, 25-year-old Nicholas Sarris of West Terre Haute, and witnesses told police Hodge failed to stop at the stop sign while traveling west on Southeast A Street, causing him to strike the rear driver-side door of Sarris' Ford Explorer.

Sarris told police there was nothing he could do to prevent the accident.

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