An early morning truck - pedestrian accident resulted in a Peru man flown to the hospital with life threatening injuries.

Just after 12:30 Wednesday morning, officers from the Indiana State Police and the Peru Police Department responded to a vehicle-pedestrian crash on Broadway Ave near Park Drive in Peru.

The preliminary crash investigation revealed that Stacy Haines, 39, of Peru, was driving a 2004 Dodge Dakota pickup truck northbound on Broadway Ave approaching Park Drive. Andrew Rose, 25, of Peru, was walking northbound on the side of Broadway Ave. For an undetermined reason, Rose crossed into the path of the Dodge and was struck by the truck.

Rose was initially transported to Duke's Memorial Hospital, in Peru, but was later flown by medical helicopter to an Ft. Wayne hospital. He sustained life-threatening injuries.

Haines was not injured.

The accident remains under investigation.