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Last updated on Wednesday, April 15, 2015
(WABASH) - A Wabash man was apprehended by an Indiana Conservation K-9 unit after he allegedly struck a pedestrian with his vehicle and fled the scene.
Indiana Conservation Officers assisted the Marion City Police Department and the Grant County Sheriffs Department Tuesday after a Wabash man allegedly struck a pedestrian with his vehicle in Marion then fled to the Mississinewa Reservoir where he fled from the vehicle and lead officers on a foot pursuit.
The suspect whose identity is being withheld at this time pending the ongoing investigation reportedly struck 49-year-old Marla Turner, of Marion, in the Marsh Supermarket parking lot in Marion at approximately 3:52 p.m. Tuesday. Turner was flown by Lutheran Air Ambulance from the scene and is listed in critical condition.
The suspect fled the scene, but was followed by a good Samaritan who wishes to remain anonymous, and reported to police where the man was. The Samaritan followed the vehicle to the Trails End area of Mississinewa Reservoir near the Wabash and Grant county line.
The good Samaritan got into a physical confrontation with the man at the reservoir after the suspect's vehicle ran out of gas. The man then fled on foot into the woods as numerous Indiana Conservation Officers converged on the scene.
A Marion city K-9 team assisted by the Indiana Conservation K-9 team officer Levi Knach and K-9 Kenobi tracked and apprehended the subject along the Mississinewa River on the reservoir property. He was taken into custody without incident.
The investigation is being conducted by the Marion City PD and Detective Mark Stefanatos is the lead investigator on this case.
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