Police: 76-year-old bicyclist dies in hit-and-run in Marion
MARION, Ind. (WISH) — A 76-year-old bicyclist died Monday morning in a hit-and-run, Marion Police Department says.
Officers were called around 7:30 a.m. Monday to the hit-and-run in the 500 block of South Butler Avenue. That’s a few blocks southwest of the intersections of state roads, 9, 15 and 18 in the Grant County city.
A vehicle hit Norman D. Forbes while both vehicles were southbound on the Butler Avenue overpass for the Cardinal Greenway Trail when the bicycle was struck from behind.
Marion police also said on Jan. 22 that Larry E. Couchman, 64, of Marion, had turned himself in and was arrested. He was preliminarily charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving death. Online court records did not show a criminal case filed against Couchman on Jan. 24.
Poilce initially said the vehicle that hit the bicycle fled the scene. That vehicle was later determined to be a red 1997 Chevrolet S-10 pickup.
Anyone with information was asked to call the Marion Police Department at 765-662-9981 and sent it a message on its Facebook page. People can also contact Grant County Crime Stoppers.
Marion is about a 90-minute drive northeast of downtown Indianapolis.