Man Arrested After Hit-and-Run Victim Gives Vital Information Before Dying

Police in Indiana has arrested a suspected hit-and-run driver after his alleged victim gave vital information about the vehicle's plates to officers before dying, according to police.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers arrested Kyle Rigdon, 27, in connection with the hit-and-run death of 29-year-old Kayla Bowling on Friday, June 3.

Rigdon did not resist arrest when officers arrived to apprehend him in the 4100 block of W. Michigan Street, police said. He was arrested for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident causing death.

Police had raced to the 3000 block of S. Rural Street at about 11:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 1, after they received reports that a cyclist had been struck by a vehicle.

In a Sunday, June 5, Facebook post, an IMPD spokesperson said: "Officers arrived and located 29-year-old Kayla Bowling laying in the driveway of 3002 S. Rural St, near a bicycle suffering from trauma consistent with being struck by a vehicle.

"Indiana Emergency Medical Services (IEMS) responded and transported to Eskenazi Hospital. Unfortunately, shortly after arriving to the hospital, she was pronounced deceased by medical staff."

The statement added: "IMPD Hit and Run Accident investigators responded to the scene and began their investigation.

"Preliminary information received from the scene led investigators to believe Kayla gave the plate number of the vehicle that hit her. Through further investigation detectives identified 27-year-old Kyle Rigdon as the suspect."

The statement added the Marion County Coroner's Office determined Bowling's cause of death to be "pedestrian struck and killed."

According to the statement, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office is to make the final charging decision.

Anyone with information about the case can contact Detective Eric Amos at 317-327-3475 or email him on eric.amos@indy.gov.

Newsweek has contacted the IMPD for comment.

According to the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, 800 people in 2019 were killed in traffic collisions in the state. The rate of fatalities due to collisions that year was 11.9 per 100,000 people.

The 2019 figure was a decrease from 880 fatalities in 2018 and a 10-year fatal collision high of 925 in 2017.

Newsweek has reported on numerous cases where people have been killed in hit-and-run cases.

Earlier in 2022, a 49-year-old woman was severed in half after being struck in a hit-and-run incident in Florida.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver fled in a sedan, hit a traffic sign and went back on the highway before veering off again.

The driver then allegedly ran over the woman's body which was severed as a result of the force of the vehicle.