Pedestrian struck in apparent hit-and-run in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday was looking for Todd Baker, a 49-year-old Port Angeles man who deputies said backed a pickup truck into a man he had been arguing with on South Alder Lane east of Port Angeles.

Chief Criminal Deputy Ron Cameron said Baker backed a blue 2002 Ford-150 into David Banman, no age or hometown available.

Banman was taken to Olympic Medical Center with an ankle injury and lacerations to his face.

The incident occurred at about 4 p.m.

The license plate on the Ford-150 is B58696H, Cameron said.

Baker is described as standing 5-foot-9 and weighing 160 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.

Anyone who sees Baker is asked to phone the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office at 360-417-2459.

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