MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP, OH. (THECOUNT) — Daniel Gibson of Columbus, Ohio, has been identified as the pedestrian fatally struck by a vehicle Thursday night in Mifflin Township.

Gibson, 33, was fatally struck in a hit-and-run vehicle strike near Columbus Thursday night.

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According to reports, Gibson was on-foot in the area of Agler Road and Perdue Avenue in Mifflin Township, when he was struck by a white sedan that then fled the scene.

Gibson was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

Officials are actively searching for the involved car and driver.

Anyone with information should contact the sheriff’s office at (614) 525-3300.

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Geo quick facts: Mifflin Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 35,710 people in the township, 2,462 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township – Wikipedia.