NUNICA, MI — A Muskegon man was hospitalized late Saturday night after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while he was walking away from a party to smoke.

Ottawa County Sgt. Matt Wilfong said Jeffrey Alan Stiles, 45, of Muskegon suffered non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a car on Main Street near Cass Street in Nunica about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Stiles was walking in the traffic lane of Main Street smoking a cigarette when he was struck. The driver fled north in an unknown vehicle.

Wilfong said Stiles, who had been at a party, was in costume at the time.

“While he was outside, he decided to walk along the roadway to scare cars, as he was dressed like a zombie for the Halloween party,” he said.

Stiles was listed in good condition at Hackley Hospital on Sunday morning.

Anyone with information on the driver is asked to call the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department at 616-738-4000 or Silent Observer at 1-877-88-SILENT.