Austin – Hit-and-run Collision on Palm Way
Posted on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 at 7:13 am
A girl was sent to a hospital after getting struck by a vehicle on Palm Way near The Domain, Sunday afternoon.
According to initial reports, local troopers were dispatched at the 3100 block of Palm Way near the Apple store after receiving a call reporting a crash. How the crash happened remains unclear at this time but officials said that a teenage girl was around the said location when he was struck by a black vehicle. The impact of the collision injured the pedestrian. She was rushed to Dell Children’s Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. She is expected to recover.
When police arrived at the scene, the vehicle that struck the victim was nowhere to be found. Authorities have yet to identify its driver and locate the whereabouts of the said car.
An investigation is underway.
Our deepest sympathies to the victim of this unfortunate event. We strongly believe that the Austin Police Department will do everything to bring those responsible to justice.
Injuries caused by vehicle collisions can vary from crash to crash. Some injuries may heal within a span of days while others could paralyze a victim’s body for a month. The most commonly known car accident injuries include neck and chest and head and back injuries. Broken and ligament damages are also quite common.
Being a victim of a collision is an overwhelming experience. If you are a passenger in a car involved in crash, the first thing you should do is seek medical attention for yourself and anyone who needs it. After this, you’ll want to alert your insurance provider regarding damages or injuries you sustained from the collision. To submit a claim, you would need to gather documents supporting your claim. These may include a video of the scene or a photograph of the damages to the vehicles, police reports stating the facts of the accident, and medical records indicating the severity of your injury, to name a few.
