Victim of Hit-and-Run Driver Is Kennesaw State University Student

A 19-year-old Kennesaw State University student is fighting for her life after a hit-and-run driver struck her as she walked early Sunday morning near Oak Street.

Emily Bowman of Woodstock was walking in the grass alongside Oak Street, between Carr and Oconee streets about 3:05am. A 1997 red Mazda pick up truck traveling eastbound on Oak Street left the roadway, hit her, then fled the scene, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Police located the vehicle a little later, but not the driver, according to a ACC Police report.

The young woman was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Her father told the AJC that she was in Athens for a friend's birthday. 

On Kennesaw State's Facebook page, school officials wrote that their "thoughts are with Emily & her family at this time."

If you have information about the incident, call the Athens Clarke County Police Department at 706-208-1718.