RUSSELLVILLE, Ohio — A man is dead after he was hit by a driver who left the scene in Brown County, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
OSHP said 22-year-old Caleb Holbert was walking on the westbound shoulder of SR-125 between 12:40 and 1 a.m. Friday, when a man driving a Ford Escape traveled left of center and hit him. The driver then left the scene.
Holbert was found unresponsive, partially in the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
OSHP said the Brown County Prosecutor's Office contacted them Friday night after hearing from the attorney representing the man who is believed to have hit Holbert. Officials did not say whether the driver would be charged.
The crash remains under investigation by OSHP's Georgetown Post. Anyone with information is asked to contact officials at 513-378-6191.
