NATICK, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are calling out to anyone with information regarding the hit-and-run crash that seriously injured two pedestrians in Natick last week to reach out to them as an investigation continues.
On Aug. 18 just before 6:30 p.m., a dark blue, four-door Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck struck a 51-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man who were walking northbound on the sidewalk on Washington Avenue in the area of Summer Street, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Natick Chief of Police James Hicks.
Both pedestrians were hospitalized and the man, whose family members identified as Andy, has since been treated and released. The woman, whose family members identified as Kim, remains in the hospital with serious injuries.
“[She has] gone from fighting for her life to you know, trying to put her back together,”
Loved ones said she has had to endure multiple and very long and complicated surgeries to repair a puncture wound, injuries to her legs, arm, and jaw and is currently under intubation and heavy sedation. She is said to have many more surgeries ahead of her.
The driver fled the scene but their pickup truck was seized by investigators, Ryan and Hicks said.
“Looking for a moral compass here,” Catlan said. “These individuals involved to do the right thing. Have a conscience and step forward and do what’s right.”
Members of the public are being asked to think broadly and contact Natick police at 508-647-9500 if they were in the immediate area at the time of the crash or if they were in the surrounding neighborhoods or communities, including Sherborn or Holliston, during the early evening.
“Our family would certainly appreciate it because it gives us some kind of closure as well,” Catlan said.
Police learned the driver may have been seen or been in contact with the operators of other vehicles, including a tan or brown sport utility vehicle and a black sedan that were also traveling in the area of Washington Avenue prior to the crash, Ryan and Hicks said.
Investigators are also looking to speak to those drivers as well as anyone else who may have seen the vehicle or has any information.
The families of the two victims offered their thanks to first responders, doctors and the public for their help.
“It’s amazing how much we’ve raised,” Catlan said.
They are confident both Andy and Kim will pull through.
“We got a long way to go don’t get me wrong. But this isn’t gonna stop Kim,” he said.
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