CENTRALIA, IL — A 26-year-old Walnut Hill man is in a St. Louis area hospital after being struck early Monday morning by a hit-and-run driver. According to Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson, the call of the hit-and-run came in around 3:23 a.m. Monday from the 1000 block of South Elm.

Police continue to investigate the incident and seek the driver of the vehicle that struck the man and then left the scene.v