Hit And Run Sign Of Bigger Problem In SF?

The victim is expected to survive, but an overnight hit and run on a busy Sioux Falls street may be an indication of a much bigger problem. According to police, a 32-year-old man was crossing on Minnesota Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets and wasn't using a crosswalk.

Janoct Ajda was getting some very early morning coffee at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, but it was something else gave him a jolt.

"You heard a big ole slap. A big slap," Ajda said.

After he heard the sound of a car hit the victim, he saw a man lying in the street. He called 911. According to other witnesses, the car that sped away is a four-door 1970s model that is either tan oryellow. Such a vague description makes it hard to find a suspect, but some people say it is easy spotting something else: jaywalking. While nobody deserves to be hit by a car, Charles McIntyre is not surprised the accident happened.

"You expect people not to walk out in the street and you expect them to use the crosswalk. It catches you off guard," McIntyre said.

The man was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

"That time of the morning, I can't think there's a lot of traffic on the roads. He probably thought it was ok," Sioux Falls Police Public Information Officer Sam Clemens said.

But McIntyre sees it happen a lot, even during the day on traffic-heavy streets like Minnesota Avenue and 41st Street. As a driver, he has