Pedestrian who was hit by car released from hospital; police still searching for driver

A man hit by a car early Monday morning outside a Lawrence bar has been discharged from a Kansas City hospital.

A spokesman with Kansas University Hospital said Alex E. Bryan, 24, of Buhler, was discharged from the hospital Tuesday.

Police said Bryan was struck by a car just before 2 a.m. Monday in the 600 block of Crestline Drive — near the Ranch bar — and the vehicle then fled, heading west on Sixth Street. Police are still searching for the car, described as a silver Nissan Maxima driven by a white male.

Witnesses told police the accident happened as Bryan was crossing Crestline and that he may have stumbled or fallen down in the street prior to being struck by the car.