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Mom of teen injured in hit-and-run urges driver to come forward

Published April 30, 2017 2:24 pm

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – The mother of a 16-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run is pleading with the driver to come forward.

Gresham police have been looking for the driver who left the scene of Friday night’s crash. Aleyda Perez was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Police say the teen was crossing at a marked and lighted crosswalk and the driver didn’t stop.

The girl’s mother, Paula Rosa Perez, told KOIN-TV that her daughter suffered punctured lungs, broken ribs, a fractured leg and other injuries.

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