An unidentified suspect hit a student with their car on Park Street near State Street Tuesday afternoon and fled down Lakeshore Path.
The student was hit by a “grayish” Toyota Camry while walking in the crosswalk at the bottom of Bascom Hill around 12:40 p.m., resulting in facial cuts and bruises, according to the police incident report.
The driver, described as an Asian male in his 20s wearing a baseball cap, continued toward Lake Mendota and drove down Lakeshore Path before exiting at an unknown point.
Police are looking for the car, license plate 468 ETG. One passenger was in the car at the time of the incident.
Student Scott Memmel said he was walking from the Memorial Union when he saw the car, which was “coming down the road pretty quickly,” hit the pedestrian. According to Memmel, the driver “didn’t get out of the car to see how he was.”
“The Toyota stopped just momentarily and then sped off again,” Memmel said.
Other witnesses gave the pedestrian napkins to stop bleeding from his mouth and cuts on his head as well as stayed with him to ensure he was safe, Memmel said. The student was later taken to the hospital.
“He seemed aware of everything around him and…was obviously shaken up, but looked to be okay,” Memmel said.
If caught, the suspect could face several citations for traffic violations, according to Madison Police Department Lieutenant Trevor Knight.
The police ask that anyone with information on the driver or the car call 911.