PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Port St. Lucie police are searching for the driver who hit a 16-year-old student on Thursday morning, then took off.
The police department said the hit-and-run crash happened at 6:45 a.m. while the student was walking to a school bus stop in the 600 block of Southwest Lakehurst Drive.
Prynna Munoz just found out about a hit and run incident involving a teenage girl walking to her bus stop.
"People don't care there are children needing to get to their schools it makes me outraged as a mom," she said.
PSLPD needs your assistance. White early 2000’s Toyota Camry struck 16 y/o student with its side mirror at 6:46am as she was walking to bus stop in 600-BLK SW Lakehurst Dr. Vehicle fled the scene. Victim transported with non-life threatening injuries. Call PSLPD with any info. pic.twitter.com/Hx2SYXkEcE
— Port St. Lucie PD (@PSLPolice) January 26, 2023
Police said a white Toyota Camry from the early 2000s struck the student from behind with its side mirror.
Officer Mark Woodruff with the Port St. Lucie Police Department responded to the scene after the crash occurred.
"Another student was with her and then some parents around the area came out to help her until rescue got there," he said.
Woodruff said the hit was so hard that part of the side mirror from the car was left behind.
The driver then took off, and the student was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Munoz said people have to pay attention.
"That's disappointing to hear that people would not be more careful and also own up to what they did," she said.
Police said the investigation is ongoing.
If you have any information that can help investigators, call the Port St. Lucie Police Department.