Pedestrian struck by vehicle, seriously injured on Indy’s southeast side – Indianapolis News | Weather Indiana | Indiana traffic

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indianapolis police say one person was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle on the city’s southeast side Wednesday morning.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched just before 6 a.m. to check on the welfare of a person in the 1200 block of South Arlington Avenue. That’s a residential area between Brookville Road and Raymond Street.

Police arrived and found a seriously injured person. IMPD says the victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

A witness at the scene told News 8 the person was walking on or along the road when he was struck.

IMPD says the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators.

Drivers are asked to avoid the area until the cleanup and investigation of the crash is completed.