CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — A college student hurt in a hit-and-run crash is in the hospital with serious injuries.
The accident happened Friday night at the intersection of Maple Street and South Street.
22-year-old Alma Beauvais has broken bones in her legs and a long road to recovery ahead. Her mother said she had just walked to a friend's house and was walking back to the University of West Georgia campus when she was hit.
"If it wasn't for them, who knows because her first instinct was: 'Oh my God! There's more cars coming!'" her stepmother, Amy Jennings, said.
Witnesses rushed to help her after the driver of the truck didn't stop.
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Surveillance video shows Beauvais in a crosswalk. The driver of a silver truck never slows down before crashing into her.
"For someone to do this? It's just sad that people in this world don't think a human life is important," Jennings said.
Channel 2's Matt Johnson spoke to Beauvais over the phone about what she remembers before the impact.
"Once I thought there was no car, I didn't see any more car. I started crossing it, and then it happened," she said.
The University of West Georgia student said she was walking from a friend's house back to campus.
She said she doesn't want the person who hit her to get away.
“I wasn’t angry. I was scared, up to right now. I just want him to be found and face justice,” Beauvais said.
Police are asking anyone who recognizes the car, described as possibly a second-generation Toyota Tacoma 2005-2015, to contact police at 770-834-4451.
Beauvais' family feels confident police and the public will work together on the case.
“There’s no way this person is not going to be caught,” Jennings said.