*UPDATE* HIT AND RUN IN PRESCOTT-SUSPECT ARRESTED

PRESCOTT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SERIOUS HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A PEDESTRIAN THAT OCCURRED IN THE 700 BLOCK OF WHITE SPAR ROAD AROUND 6:50 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

LIEUTENANT COREY KASUN SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OBTAINED VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT

AND SAYS THAT THE VICTIM WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY), A PRESCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATOR OBSERVED A VEHICLE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT AT 1245 EAST GURLEY STREET. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO DETAIN THE DRIVER AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, INVESTIGATORS LOCATED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE COLLISION. THE SUSPECT MADE STATEMENTS TO INVESTIGATORS WHILE ON SCENE ADMITTING HIS INVOLVEMENT.

INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF THIS INCIDENT. PRESCOTT POLICE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED VICTIM STATUS AND INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT ONCE HE IS FORMALLY CHARGED.