ADAMS TWP — Police have charged a man in connection with a crash that left a Vogel Disposal driver with serious injuries and numerous broken bones last year.

Officers got the call at 4:30 a.m. May 31, reporting a man struck by a vehicle on Dobson Road.

At the scene, police found the man lying on the grass in the fetal position, bleeding from the head with a visibly broken elbow. The victim, a Vogel Disposal driver, said he was in a “severe amount of pain,” and believed his leg, foot and ribs could be broken.

He was having trouble breathing, and police reported cuts and bleeding from the man's head.

The man's partner was on the scene and told officers that he had gotten off the truck to grab a garbage can, and that the victim had also left the truck to get a can across the street.

The partner said he then heard a “bang” and saw the victim “flying through the air.”

He realized the man had been hit by vehicle headed the other way on Dobson Road, he said, and estimated the man was thrown 10 to 15 feet before landing in the grass.

The speed limit on Dobson Road is 25 mph, and the partner said the vehicle, a Volkswagen Passat, appeared to be going faster than that.

Responders rushed the man to Allegheny General Hospital to be treated for severe injuries.

The driver of the car, Charles L. Zimmerman, 57, of Mars pulled over about 500 feet from the disposal truck, documents state.

Zimmerman told police that he had crested the hill on Dobson Road and saw the truck but that he did not see the victim until he hit him. Officers noted that the victim was wearing his yellow reflective safety vest, documents state.

At the hospital, the victim was treated for a fractured elbow, ankle, clavicle and multiple ribs as well as a lacerated spleen and other internal injuries. He was treated for nine days before being released.

Zimmerman's car, meanwhile, was totaled and further study showed no mechanical issues that could be blamed for the crash.

Zimmerman is charged with reckless endangerment, careless driving and speeding. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 9.