Darren Shanks, 24, found critically injured after likely auto-pedestrian collision at Wissahickon Avenue and West Coulter Street in Philadelphia
Family pleads for answers in after man struck, critically injured in East Falls hit and run
Captain Mark Overwise of the Philadelphia Police Accident Investigation Division said they are working to get in contact with a Good Samaritan who called 911 and stayed with Shanks until paramedics arrived.
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Trawick says her son was taken off a ventilator, but he hasn’t been able to recognize anyone due to the brain trauma he suffered during the hit-and-run. She says police are still trying to piece together what happened that night.
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