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The #LCSO is investigating a fatality hit and run crash involving a pedestrian.

At 6:03 AM this morning, deputies were dispatched to the 11000 west block of US 6 for a subject who had been struck by a vehicle. At 6:12 AM, Captain Derek Allen arrived and located the scene in the 11800 west block. A deceased adult male was found lying off the westbound lane of travel near a ditch. A citizen who had been traveling along US 6 located the subject and contacted authorities.

Additional personnel, including members of the agency’s Fatal Alcohol Crash Team (FACT), responded to the scene to assist with the investigation. US 6 was closed for approximately three and a half hours for the on-scene investigation.

Identification of the decedent is being withheld, pending notification of the victim’s family by the La Porte County Coroner’s Office.

Anyone who may have been traveling on US 6 prior to 6:00 AM and has further information, or area residents with video surveillance systems in the area are encouraged to contact Captain – Chief of Detectives Andy Hynek by calling (219) 326-7700, extension 2401, or by email at ahynek@lcso.in.gov.

Assisting: Sergeant L. Scott Boswell, Detective Sergeant James Lear, Detectives Jake Koch and Evan Doperalski, Deputies William Masterson, Josh Smith and Sawyer Lafoon, Westville Police Department, Westville Volunteer Fire Department, and the Indiana Department of Transportation