An arrest has been made in connection with a hit-and-run that left a man severely injured in Putnam County.

William Shrader, 54, of Scott Depot is charged with failure to render aid, leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended license, according to Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton.

Deputies said a man was found in a ditch along Joyce Road near Nottingham mobile park with several broken bones after he was struck by a vehicle in May.

The man suffered a skull fracture, nasal bone fracture, scapula fracture and broken neck, according to a criminal complaint filed in Putnam County Magistrate Court.

The man had left a friend’s house to walk to a nearby convenience store when the incident happened, investigators said.

Shrader’s vehicle was found the next day in the 100 block of Will Scarlett Court wrecked and abandoned about 400 feet from where the man was struck by a vehicle.

Deputies said Shrader told them he was having trouble with the brakes on his vehicle and did not see the man before it was too late, according to the criminal complaint.

He said the truck then crashed at the bottom of the hill and he ran home past the man lying in the ditch, the complaint said. He said he didn’t stop out of fear that he’d ruined his life.

Shrader initially denied having any involvement in the incident, according to the complaint. He then contacted the sheriff’s office and told them he’d smoked methamphetamine earlier in the day but did not feel he was intoxicated at the time. He also claimed in the follow-up interview that he knew he’d hit something, but did not know it was a person.

In his final interview with deputies, Shrader admitted that he had not smoked methamphetamine prior to the incident and was not under the influence, the complaint said.

Deputies said Shrader had 15 active suspensions on his driver’s license at the time of the incident.