Man Responsible for Hit and Run Accident in Wood County has Been Arrested

Tuesday, June 20th, 2023 -- 1:00 PM

The man responsible for a hit and run accident in Wood County has been arrested.

On June 16th at 10:43 A.M., the Wood County Sheriff's Department received a report of a hit and run accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian with injuries in the 4100 block of George Rd, township of Seneca.

Sheriff's Department personnel discovered that an adult female was walking with a small child on the shoulder of the road, when the adult female was struck from behind and suffered injuries. The child was not physically injured during the hit and run crash.

The adult female victim, age 34 of Wisconsin Rapids, is currently in stable condition and being treated at the Marshfield Medical Center. On June 19th, the Wood County Sheriff's Department arrested 30-year-old Cody Provost of Wisconsin Rapids in connection to the hit and run vehicle crash on June 16th.

Provost admitted to investigators that he thought he hit a mailbox and later found out he hit a person. Provost also described concealing the vehicle's damaged parts as well as fixing the damage to the vehicle.

At this time Provost is being held at the Wood County Jail on Charges of Hit and Run Causing Injury and Obstructing an Officer. The Wood County Sheriff's Department would like to thank the community for helping identify the vehicle Provost was operating at the time of the crash as well as the Good Samaritans who stopped to render aid.

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