Family plead for help after 'horrific' hit-and-run in central Edmonton

The family of a young Edmonton woman in the ICU is asking for help finding the driver that hit her and then drove away.

The family of a young Edmonton woman in the ICU is asking for help finding the driver that hit her and then drove away.

Alexandra Bonilla's life changed forever on August 31, when she was longboarding near her home near 96 Street and 115 Avenue.

She had just called her dad to let him know she was out riding when was hit by a car, which left the scene eastbound on 115 Avenue.

"They had just got off the phone," said Julia Gevenich, Bonilla's sister-in-law. "He said he just had this gut feeling to text her, 'Message me when you get home, so I know you made it home safe.' It just gives me goosebumps."

Bonilla's dad didn't hear from her that night, and learned the next day that his daughter had been hit.

Gevenich said the extent of the injuries had the family fearing the worst. Almost all Bonilla's ribs were broken, as well as her pelvis, a femur, her collarbone and several vertebrae in her back. Both her lungs had been punctured and she suffered serious internal bleeding in her chest.

"We thought we were coming to the hospital and there wouldn't be brain activity," Gevenich said.