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Hit-and-run crash leaves 1 in critical condition

Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department
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OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A was critically hurt after being hit by a car in Wright Township.

Ottawa County deputies found the 72-year-old around around 2:40 a.m. Friday. He was lying on the shoulder of eastbound I-96 where the on-ramp from Jackson Street meets the freeway.

Investigators say it appears the man was walking on the shoulder of the freeway when he was hit and by an unknown vehicle, which did not stop after the collision.

The man was taken to a local hospital, where authorities say he is seriously injured and undergoing treatment.

Officials are asking anybody with information on the driver or the crash to contact the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (616-738-4000) or Silent Observer.