he Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is looking for the driver in a hit-and-run Monday night involving a young child. Judy Jackson, department spokeswoman, says that deputies were called to the Elkland Hills Mobile Home Park at 8:42 when a two-year-old girl tried to cross the roadway, only to be struck by a vehicle witnesses described as “driving at a high rate of speed”.

The driver, described as a skinny white male with dark hair, briefly stopped then fled the scene. Jackson says that a passenger in the vehicle, who originally identified herself to the child’s mother, has neither responded to telephone calls nor has she contacted authorities regarding the incident.

The child was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital where she was treated and released for a fractured left foot.

If you have any information about this hit-and-run, you are asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at (812) 379-1650. You may also send an email to sheriff@bartholomew.in.gov or adam.warner@bartholomew.in.gov. Tips and information can be left anonymously.