Mother, son asking for answers after unsolved hit and run
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A mother and son injured by a hit and run driver have started asking the public for help tracking down the driver who hit them.
Linda Tracy and her son, Boston, were hit near NW 13th and Shartel on October 12. She said she had spent the day with her sister and decided to take a walk with her son in her Midtown neighborhood that evening.
"We were going to walk over to Mesta Park and look at the Halloween decorations," said Tracy.
She said they had just crossed the street when they were hit by a Ford car.
"We had just stepped up on the curb. But that's the last thing I know," said Tracy.
Oklahoma City Police officers responded to the scene. They collected a passenger side mirror left behind at the scene. They also collected surveillance footage from nearby cameras. So far police have not made any arrests in the case.
Tracy and her son suffered several injuries including broken bones, head wounds, and bruising.
"My back was fractured in two places and then both of my wrists were broken," said Tracy.
She said the night was emotional because it brought back painful memories.
“As a family, this is the second time this has happened," said Tracy.
She said Boston was a thriving UCO student in 2011 when he was hit by a car.
"He was hit by a drunk driver while he was walking across the street with both of his friends,” said Tracy. “He suffered four types of brain injuries."
Since then, she has been his sole provider. She has missed work while fighting through her own recovery since the October incident.
She said she was frustrated that more had not been done to track down the driver.
"They're certainly not communicating with us, the victims, that they're doing anything," said Tracy.
Oklahoma City Police has recorded 3,347 hit and run incidents. That number includes crashes involving car vs. car and car vs. pedestrian. Police could not tell KFOR how many of the cases were resolved.
Tracy said since her hit and run, she started counting the number of people hit by cars in her community, which has added to her frustration.
"There's been seven auto pedestrian accidents in the downtown or south side," said Tracy. "We didn't die. We didn't have great bodily injury. But to drive away after you knew you hit two people, I don't even understand how anybody can humanly do that."
She asks that anyone with information about the hit and run or who knows the driver to call police.