After a pickup truck crashed into a Watertown home, missing its occupant, and then drove away early Saturday morning, the Watertown Police Department asked the public for help.

Several people contacted the Watertown Police Department on Saturday, Nov. 2, with information about a suspicious vehicle that may have been involved in the hit-and-run that occurred earlier that day in Watertown, according to a statement. The damage to the truck that the informants reported to the police was consistent with the vehicle hitting a house.

The Kingsbury County Sheriff’s Office assisted WPD in locating the vehicle and the vehicle’s owner in Kingsbury County. The vehicle was a tan 2016 GMC Sierra that suffered extensive front-end damage due to the accident. Following an investigation, a 72-year-old man was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, failure to provide information (SDCL 32-34-6), and unlawful entry/exit of a controlled access highway (SDCL 32-26-10). . . The man was not injured in the accident.

The Watertown Police Department thanks the public and the Kingsbury County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in locating the vehicle involved in this incident.

This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Man arrested after hit-and-run pickup truck in Watertown