Bellevue police are searching for the driver who hit a 71-year-old daycare teacher last week.
KIRO 7 spoke with Kiddie Academy in Bellevue where they say Shyamali Majumdar was the victim in the hit-and-run crash.
Majumdar was struck by an SUV just after 6 p.m. last Wednesday and was taken to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries.
“We were really shocked. We were kind of just, didn’t think that anything could ever happen like this,” said Olive Amado-Cortez, Executive Director at Kiddie Academy Bellevue.
Majumdar’s coworkers say it’s been a tough week at the daycare knowing one of their own is the victim of such a terrible crime.
“It’s just hard to even fathom that our little Ms. Shyamali… It’s just truly shocking if anything,” said Alyssa Ramynke, Director at Kiddie Academy.
Coworkers told KIRO 7 Majumdar suffered several broken bones and a brain bleed. They’ve visited her at the hospital and say she’s got a long recovery ahead.
“She just is very appreciative of all the love. She misses everybody obviously very much, but it’s definitely going to be a long road,” Ramynke said.