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Suspect Arrested In Hit And Run Crash

Posted at 12:42 PM, Jun 10, 2013
and last updated 2013-06-10 16:26:28-04

BARRY COUNTY,Mich. — The man who Michigan State Police say is responsible for a deadly hit and run has been arrested.

Michigan State Police located Tobias John Bowers at his Hope Township residence.  Troopers returned to the house he shares with his girlfriend for a followup investigation this morning and located Bowers.  He was taken into custody without incident.

Michigan State Police Troopers were dispatched around 4:40 p.m. to M-43 near Cloverdale Road in Hope Township Sunday afternoon. According to witnesses a pickup truck backing out of a driveway struck a motorcycle. When Michigan State Police arrived they found that the rider had been thrown into oncoming traffic and was hit by another vehicle.  The male victim is William Madden, a 46-year-old Hastings man.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Wayland State Police Post at (269)-792-2213.