The mother of an 18-year-old woman hit by a driver near her southwest Miami-Dade home is asking the public for help identifying the person behind the wheel.
Steffany Medina was struck around 4 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, near Southwest 296th Street and Southwest 153rd Court, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. She was first taken to a local hospital in critical condition. On Thursday afternoon, officials said her condition had been upgraded to stable.
Her mother, Yesenia Medina, said the family did not know her daughter had gone outside until a barking dog and commotion woke them. She said the front door and gate were open and the lights were on. Medina told CBS News Miami, speaking in Spanish, that she does not know how her daughter ended up in the road and wants to know whether she was hit or assaulted.
Detectives are treating the case as a hit-and-run. Investigators have circulated a flyer asking witnesses and anyone with surveillance video from the area to come forward.
Anyone with information can call the Sheriff’s Office detective assigned to the case at (305) 471-2425, or contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers anonymously at 305-471-8477 (TIPS).
