HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 25-year-old man was taken to jail early Saturday on two charges which include aggravated battery and DUI, after an accident that sent a pedestrian to a Wichita hospital.

John Smith of Hutchinson is allegedly to have struck another vehicle driven by an unknown male. That vehicle then struck a pedestrian, 36-year-old Christopher Wells of Hutchinson.

Smith was northbound on Washington and ran the stop sign at 5th, then T-boned the second vehicle which then spun and struck Wells. The owner of the second vehicle was at the scene according to police, but her vehicle was driven by another individual who fled the scene. Police are still trying to locate that individual.

Wells was first transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment, later taken to a Wichita hospital with a possible brain injury, but is expected to survive according to police.

Smith is jailed with a bond of $5,250 and unless he makes that bond, should make a first appearance in court on Monday.

The accident occurring around 1:50 a.m. Saturday morning.