Surveillance video captures horrific Fresno hit-and-run (Graphic)

Hit and run in Fresno in front of the shop. This person thinks he got away but let’s help find him really fast because he just happen right now. -share- Posted by Most Wanted Tattoo and Body Piercings on Saturday, October 20, 2018

The family of a woman who was critically injured by a hit-and-run vehicle in central Fresno is appealing to the public for help in identifying the driver, ABC 30 reported.

Tina Richmond, a 47-year-old mother of five and grandmother of six, was crossing Blackstone Street about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when she was hit by a dark-colored hatchback or SUV, the impact launching her 30 to 40 feet down the street.

Surveillance video from a camera on a nearby tattoo business captured the moment the vehicle plowed into Richmond, who was crossing the street after running an errand. (Warning: The clip is graphic and may be too disturbing for some readers.)

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The video shows the car braking after the impact, but then speeding away. Richmond did not appear to be in a crosswalk when she was hit.

While there are no known witnesses to the crime, police are hoping that computer enhancement of video images will provide a license plate number, according to ABC 30.

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Richmond's son, Carlos Delgado, told the news station that he wants the driver to answer for leaving the scene. He asked that people who might have information come forward.

"If they were in the same position as me they'd feel the same way. They'd feel hurt angry and you don't even know what to do when something like this happens," he said.

Delgado said his mother suffered five broken ribs, a broken collarbone and a gash down her left leg. But it was an internal injury that was most serious.

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