Nashville Hit-And-Run Driver Strikes Mom On Mother's Day

NASHVILLE, TN -- A 45-year-old woman is in the ICU after four surgeries following a hit-and-run on the side of the interstate on Mother's Day.

Just before 2 a.m. Sunday, Yolanda Crosby, 45, pulled to the shoulder of Interstate 65 near the Rosa Parks Boulevard exit to retrieve something she'd dropped underneath her seat. She was then hit by a passing car, breaking both ankles, her hip and costing her her spleen. She remains in intensive care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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Crosby's 22-year-old twin daughters, Ashanta and Ashanti, said two people immediately stopped and comforted their mother while waiting for help to arrive, but they urged the driver who hit her to come forward.

"We just want you to come forward and let us know what actually happened that night," Ashanta Burt told WKRN. "I'm sure you probably feel bad. You should feel bad. I just want you to come forward and let us know what actually happened. Maybe we can go forward from there, so we can get some type of closure."

Metro Police found the car's bumper at the scene and believe the car in question is a red or Burgundy Dodge Magnum.

The sisters have set up a GoFundMe page to help with hospital bills.

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