Crime & Safety

Elderly Man Struck in Pedestrian Hit-and-Run

Moorestown Police say a Moorestown man was struck as he crossed Main Street Friday night. He was taken to Kennedy Hospital.

A 69-year-old Moorestown man was struck as he crossed Main Street Friday night, and the driver of the car that hit him fled the scene, according to .

David F. Hindenach Sr., of the 500 block of East Camden Avenue, was walking north on Church Street around 8:45 p.m. when he crossed at the crosswalk at Main and was struck by a small red domestic-made vehicle, police said, which was turning left from South Church northbound onto Main Street.

The vehicle, which may have sustained front-end damage, police said, pulled to the side of the road not far from where it had struck Hindenach and then almost immediately fled the scene, west on Main Street.

Police officers, along with Moorestown First Aid Squad and Virtua Paramedics, found Hindenach lying in the street when they arrived on the scene. He had unspecified injuries, according to police, and was taken to Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hill. Hindenach’s condition could not be obtained from the hospital Saturday morning.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Traffic Safety Unit at 856-914-3045.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.