(Ames, IA) – A man who authorities say failed to use a crosswalk, was struck by an SUV early this (Thursday) morning, in Ames. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 47-year-old Joshua Benjamin Kutcher, of Ames, was struck at around 4:14-a.m. by a 2020 Buick Enclave when he entered the traveled lanes in the 400 block of Duff Avenue. The SUV was traveling northbound when the collision occurred.

Kutcher was transported by ambulance to Des Moines Mercy Hospital. The accident remains under investigation.