Mattoon, IL-(Effingham Radio)- From the Mattoon, IL Police Department Facebook page:
On Saturday, January 11th at 2:54pm Mattoon Police Officers were dispatched to the Walmart parking lot in reference to a hit & run incident involving two pedestrians. It was reported that a white colored truck struck two individuals and fled the scene. Upon arrival, officers located two injured individuals. They were transported to Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital by ambulance. One victim identified her ex-husband, Dennis White, as the suspect.
After speaking with witnesses and observing surveillance video it was determined that White accelerated and turned his truck into the victims while they were walking in the parking lot. One victim was treated at the hospital while the other remains hospitalized.
Dennis J. White, 44, of Mattoon was arrested Monday, January 13th at 10:34am at the Mattoon Police Department. He was charged with the above offenses and transported to Coles County Safety & Detention Center.
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