Elkhart PD investigating a vehicle and pedestrian hit and run

ELKHART, Ind. -- Elkhart Police say a 74-year-old man was hit by a car by a suspect who then fled the scene on Wednesday.

The Elkhart Police Department were called to Sunrise Drive on a battery report.

The victim told police, he and a friend were in the driveway of a home on East Hively Avenue looking for a lost phone.

An acquaintance of theirs was in a vehicle in the driveway and started to yell at them.

According to police, the suspect backed thier car into the parked car and when victim started to walk away, he was struck by the vehicle.

This incident is still under investigation.