RENO COUNTY– Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating a hit and run accident.

Just after 2:30 a.m. on Saturday first responders were dispatched to the 400 block of North Plum for a single vehicle collision involving a utility pole, according to a media release.

Preliminary investigation by police indicates a black 1997 Lexus was traveling southbound on Plum at a high rate of speed and struck the east curb line.

The vehicle continued into two utility poles and struck a building in the same block.

One occupant was located in the vehicle and was transported by medical helicopter to Via-Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center in critical condition.

Witnesses reported possibly two white males including the driver of the vehicle fled the scene on foot.

The identity of the passenger transported to St. Francis is being withheld pending notification of the family.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call either Reno County Crime Stoppers at 620-694-2666 or the Hutchinson Police Department at 620-694-2816.