Florea said evidence shows that the driver swerved to drive over the curb and hit the woman, who also is homeless, before fleeing north on Carthage Avenue to a highway access road and then driving east.

He urged the public to be vigilant in looking for a small, white, mid-1980s to 1990s model pickup, possibly a Toyota or Nissan, that could have damage on the passenger side due to the Monday morning hit-and-run. Police released two surveillance images of the vehicle Monday night.

Russell told the Tulsa World in an interview at the John 3:16 Mission later that day that he had awakened under the bridge to the sound of a loud crash. He said the other man and the woman, whom he didn’t know beforehand, had been sleeping side-by-side about 15 feet away from him and had their feet toward the street when they were hit.

“The vehicle was driving across the concrete under the bridge, and as best as I could tell something kept it from hitting me (more directly),” Russell said. “It all happened so fast, and I was stunned to wake up that way.”