A Berks County woman seriously injured in a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania hit-and-run says the charges filed against the man who struck her more than 15 months ago simply don’t go far enough.
April Hoyrup was working as an overnight road construction flagger on Wednesday (November 22), 2024 — just her third night on the job — when a vehicle struck her at the corner of Paxton and Cameron streets and drove away without stopping. Hoyrup suffered catastrophic injuries, including two broken leg bones that broke through the skin and six to eight fractures in her pelvis. She was rushed to the intensive care unit and has since undergone multiple surgeries.
According to CBS21, Harrisburg police this week arrested and charged Jakob Thomas Roth, 28, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, in connection with the crash. Court documents say Roth met with detectives alongside his lawyer and admitted to hitting Hoyrup — who had her back to his vehicle — but said he panicked and fled the scene…