PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A Philadelphia grandmother is recovering in the hospital after police say she was hit by a car that sped off last week.
Darlene Wilson, 59, has a broken pelvis, a shattered ankle, and her head is wrapped in bandages from a brain bleed.
Still, her family says the beloved mom and grandma is determined to recover.
“I see her as a really strong person, a huge fighter,” said Wilson’s daughter, Leeloni Velazquez. “I just say it’s the divine grace of God that she’s here.”
Velazquez says her mom had been walking home from her job in University City last Wednesday around 3:45 p.m. when she was hit by a car on Spring Garden Street near the offramp for the Schuylkill Expressway.
“I panicked, I tried calling the hospital, and they were like, ‘I can’t give you any information,'” said Velazquez.
Police say the driver of a 2018 dark blue Jeep …