MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) -- Police are searching for a missing Morehead State University student last who last contacted a friend via text message Wednesday night.

University police say 20-year-old Daniel T. Hiser messaged a friend around 9:30 p.m. EDT. Police say Hiser's 2000 Ford Expedition struck a building and he left the scene. The property owner discovered the damage early Thursday morning, along with a bumper and license plate registered to Hiser.

Police say multiple attempts to contact Hiser have failed and there's been no activity on his cellphone records since the text message. Hiser was last seen on campus Wednesday afternoon.

An alert for Hiser has been sent out in the Christy Creek and Elliottville areas of Rowan County.

Hiser is 6'3" and 240 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes.