UPDATED: Hit-and-run victim in critical condition, 21-year-old charged with DUI

Posted on January 26, 2015

21-year-old Joshua Dunn is charged with DUI and leaving the scene of an injury accident after a hit-and-run Saturday in Normal. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – The Illinois State University student critically injured in a hit-and-run over the weekend has been identified as Benjamin Allison, 20, of Crystal Lake. 

Allison reportedly is a communications major and a member of the student radio station. An arrest was made late Saturday stemming from the hit-and-run on ISU's campus.

Joshua Dunn, 21, of Normal was arrested Saturday after police received tips from the public and eventually tracked down the Dunn's 1998 Toyota Corolla. He has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an injury accident.

Dunn reportedly told authorities he was on his way home from a party the night before where he had been drinking alcohol. Dunn will appear in court again Feb. 13. A judge ruled Dunn is a flight risk due to his residence outside of McLean County.

Allison was found just before 9 a.m. on Saturday on a crosswalk at the intersection of College Avenue and Fell Avenue. He was transported to Advocate BroMenn Medical Center where as of Monday morning he remained in critical condition.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

Joe Ragusa contributed to this report and can be reached at [email protected].

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