Ashley Drumm, an lawyer who was strolling house from work, is asking for the general public’s assist in monitoring down the motive force who hit her in a crosswalk on March 5.
ATLANTA — A Midtown Atlanta girl is pleading for assist after she stated she was hit by a automobile whereas crossing the road final week, leaving her with extreme accidents and an unsure path to restoration.
Ashley Drumm, an lawyer who lives and works in Midtown, stated she was strolling house from work round 7:30 p.m. on March 5 when a automobile hit her within the crosswalk on the intersection of Peachtree Road Northeast and tenth Road, close to the Federal Reserve Financial institution and Margaret Mitchell Home.
“I had the stroll sign and I started making my manner throughout tenth Road,” Drumm recalled.
“A automobile, which I consider was an SUV touring northbound on Peachtree, turned left onto tenth and hit me whereas I used to be within the crosswalk,” she added.
Drumm remembers the second of affect however is unclear on what occurred instantly after.
“I don’t know if I used to be dragged, thrown again, knocked down. However I do know emergency medical suppliers got here, and I used to be discovered on the sidewalk close to the Federal Reserve,” she stated.
Regardless of her accidents, Drumm was in a position to give a bystander her boyfriend’s identify and telephone password to name for assist. She was taken by ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital, the place docs discovered she had damaged each femurs and suffered a fractured ankle, pelvis, together with a number of fractured ribs, and a cranium fracture.
Drumm has since undergone a number of surgical procedures and faces months of rehabilitation.
“I’m not weight-bearing on my left leg, and so they don’t assume I can be for as much as three months,” she stated.
“I simply have a extremely lengthy street forward of me,” Drumm defined.
The motive force liable for the crash fled the scene. Drumm is now asking for the general public’s assist in figuring out the automobile and driver.
“If anybody who might need been a witness didn’t have a possibility to speak to police, or if somebody is aware of a automobile with unexplained front-end harm, please come ahead,” she urged. “It could make an enormous distinction in my life.”
Drumm stated till now, she thought-about strolling via Midtown protected.
“I’ve plenty of trauma round this. I simply can’t consider somebody might mow into me at that pace, in a well-lit space, after which simply drive away,” she stated.
Drumm stays hopeful that surveillance cameras within the space might present leads, and he or she urges anybody with info to talk up.
