MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA, Ind. — Police identified the driver accused of hitting and killing a man who was struck along State Road 32 between Anderson and Lapel last week.
Dustin Porter, 44, was walking on State Road 32 when he was struck by another car that, authorities say, was driven by Trenton Parker, 30, of Anderson.
The crash was reported to the Madison County Sheriff's Department at around 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 12.
When officers arrived, they tried giving Porter CPR but he died on the scene. Investigators closed SR 32 for about two hours while they looked into the crash. One thing they noticed was that Porter was missing a shoe.
A witness also told officers that they had seen a person walking on the highway just before the crash happened.
Two hours after their investigation began, dispatchers received a call that there was a car off the road. It was located near Union Road and County Road 200 South.
The Madison County Sheriff's Department said the car was registered to Dustin Porter. Near the car, investigators found a shoe that matched the other one Porter was wearing when he was struck by the car.
Additionally, authorities found surveillance video from a nearby convenience store on East 53rd Street that showed Porter inside the store only wearing one shoe.
The sheriff's department hasn't shared why Porter was outside his car walking on the SR 32 or if Parker has been arrested for the crash.
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