A devastating hit-and-run incident has left 66-year-old Edward Hopkins Jr. critically injured after he was struck while returning to his nursing home. Hopkins, who relies on a wheelchair, was hit Thursday evening around 7:20 p.m. as he made his way back to Riverwood Nursing Home from Harvey’s grocery store. The driver responsible fled the scene without stopping.
Hopkins’ family said he is independent and regularly goes to the grocery store by himself. On the night of the crash, he was traveling on the sidewalk at the corner of Terry and Randy Road when a speeding car hit him without warning.
His sister, Pat Bales, described the horrific scene: “The person did not stop. They didn’t stop. They didn’t care that. They have hit another individual.” She added, “Nobody deserves to be left in the road to die.”…