ROY, Utah — What started like any other afternoon in Roy came to a screeching halt when Samantha Sandoval went outside to investigate the commotion and found the woman laying in a gutter.
“She had trauma to her face,” said Sandoval. “On one of her wrists, there was bone sticking out.”
Roy Police say a 77-year-old woman was simply crossing the intersection here when she became the victim of a hit-and-run.
“With this lady here, that’s somebody’s grandma,” said Jeremiah Rose, another neighbor who witnessed the aftermath. “To be the kind of person that can hit her and just take off is pretty ridiculous.”
Neighbors tell us driving behaviors in the area have become problematic - the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit certainly isn’t being obeyed.
“There’s constantly people hauling 50, 55 down this road,” Rose said.
In this case, a simple routine left an elderly woman in serious condition at a local hospital.
“She walks here daily - sometimes numerous times a day just around the block,” Sandoval said.
“She’s just out here trying to stay healthy and can’t even do that,” Rose added.
It’s struck new fear into these locals.
“I worry about my grandbabies,” said Sandoval. “I have them daily, I pick them up from school. I don’t like them out here, especially on this corner.”
Police continue to search for the white sedan they believe to be involved.
As the neighbors pray for the woman and her loved ones tonight, they also hope the driver decides to do the right thing.
“Accidents happen,” said Rose. “You should’ve just stopped and you didn’t - and it’s in the past. But still turn yourself in, it’s only going to get worse from here if you don’t.”
Four blocks away, at the intersection of 4400 South and 1900 West, an 11-year-old boy was alsostruck by a vehicle while in the crosswalk on a scooter just two weeks prior. Jayson was transported via helicopter.
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