CENTRALIA — 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.

Dodson says the victim was taken to a St. Louis area for treatment of injuries he suffered.

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