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Hit-and-Run Driver Hits Pedestrian in Vermont

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HARTLAND, Vt. -

(AP) - Police in Vermont are seeking the public's help in identifying a driver who struck a man while putting gas in his car on the side of the road and then taking off without stopping.

State police say Dean Mason of Meredith, N.H., was putting gas in his pickup truck about 8 p.m. Saturday after running out of fuel on U.S. Route 5 near Interstate 91 in Hartland.

Mason told investigators that a mid-sized black sedan, possibly a Honda or Nissan, squared up to him and accelerated, striking him and propelling him through the air. Police say Mason was hospitalized with multiple injuries, including a compound fracture of his thighbone and head injuries.

Officials say the suspect's vehicle should have damage to its windshield, hood and passenger window.  

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