Police are searching for the driver who hit a 20-year-old University of West Georgia student in Buckhead on Sunday without stopping.
The student, Chelzie Parmer, is currently in the intensive care unit at Grady Memorial Hospital with three skull fractures and bleeding in her brain, according to Channel 2 Action News. She could be there for a month, the news station reported.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Atlanta police investigators said they have been unable to make out a tag number captured in surveillance video of the incident. The video will not be released at this time, according to Channel 2.
Ashia Pace said she and Parmer were walking back from Hole In the Wall off Peachtree Road when a car, which she described as a black Dodge Charger, sped through the crosswalk and hit Parmer twice before driving away.
“She went from the crosswalk with the car and shot up in the air,” she said.
After Parmer landed, the driver hit the gas and clipped her legs, according to Pace.
“By the time she came back down, he was pressing the gas again so he clipped her legs,” she said.
Pace said she is devastated and is having trouble sleeping due to flashbacks of seeing her friend in the air.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Atlanta police. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and be eligible for rewards up to $2,000, by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.
