Relatives of two young women who were seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in Pacific Beach Friday night appealed Monday for witnesses to contact police.
Three friends were crossing the street at Grand Avenue near Cass Street around 9:40 p.m when the accident occurred. The first woman made it across safely, but Leslie Nunez, 27, and Ashley Wolf, 23, were struck by the dark sedan.
Nunez, a benefits coordinator with Frazee Industries who lives in Pacific Beach, has undergone one surgery on her right arm, which had compound fractures, and will have more operations to repair her leg and face, her parents said.
Wolf, a public relations manager with a travel company who lives in San Marcos, suffered a broken bone in her shoulder, a broken wrist, a ripped ligament in her knee and a concussion, said her mother, Kristen Wolf. She underwent surgery Sunday afternoon.
Nunez's parents and Wolf's mother met with reporters outside a La Jolla hospital to ask the public for help in the case. They said it will take time for their daughters to recover from their serious injuries.
“It's not just a broken arm and a broken leg,” said Kristen Wolf. “It's in the shoulder, it's in the elbow, in the knee. It is multiple surgeries.”
San Diego police are looking for a dark Nissan or Audi sedan with custom rims and tinted windows. Witnesses told police there were two white women in the car.
Anyone with information is asked to call San Diego Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered to anyone with information that leads to an arrest.
Louis Nunez, Leslie's father, said he didn't think the driver hit the women intentionally, but said she may have been looking at the signal or somehow missed seeing them in the street.
But Nunez said he can't understand how anyone could just leave two fallen women in the street.
“They realized they hit bodies in the street. Both girls were lying in the street. They drove around the girls, stopped and looked back at them – and then drove off,” he said.
“I don't know what kind of people do that sort of thing,” Nunez said, “but I hope that human nature – they speak with other people, friends and acquaintances about it.
“I'm just hoping that someone comes forward with that information.”
Karen Kucher: (619) 293-1350;
karen.kucher@uniontrib.com
