Golf instructor hurt in hit-and-run faces long road back

TESTIFY BY CITING HIS FOR THE

MINIMUM RIGHT AGAINST SELF-

DETERMINATION.

>>> AND THE VICTIM OF A HIDDEN

ROUND AT A GOLF COURSE WANTS

THE DRIVER TO COME FORWARD TO

CLEAR HIS OR HER CONSCIENCE.

FRAN JAMES WORKS AT HILLANDALE

GOLF COURSE AND SHE SAYS

SOMEONE HIT HER AS SHE CROSSED

HILLANDALE ROAD IN A GOLF CART

LATE LAST MONTH.

SHE WAS DRIVING IN THE

CROSSWALK AT THE TIME.

POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE CAR

AND THE DRIVER INVOLVED.

WRAL'S SARAH KRUEGER IS LIVE AT

THE GOLF COURSE AND I NO YOU

SPOKE WITH THAT VICTIM TODAY?

>> Reporter: I DID AND FRAN

JAMES WOULD LIKE TO BE OUT HERE

ON THIS GOLF COURSE, INSTEAD

SHE IS PROPPED UP AT HOME WITH

BROKEN BONES AND BRUISES

BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT

HERE IN THIS CROSSWALK ON

HILLANDALE ROAD.

SHE WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE

STREET BUT NEXT THING SHE KNEW

SHE WAS ON THE GROUND.

AS A GOLF INSTRUCTOR AT

HILLANDALE FRAN JAMES HAS

TRAVELED THESE CART PATHS MANY

TIMES.

SEPTEMBER 23 WAS ANOTHER ONE OF

THOSE TIMES.

>> I WAS HEADED OUT TO GET SOME

GOLF CARTS IN.

THEY WERE DUE IN A FEW MINUTES

EARLIER AND I WAS HEADED BACK

IN ACROSS THE ROAD LIKE I

USUALLY CROSS THE ROAD AND THE

NEXT THING I KNOW THERE WAS

JUST AN IMPACT.

>> THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF THE

CART SHE WAS DRIVING.

SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN FEMUR AND

A BROKEN NOSE.

SHE SAYS THE CAR THAT HIT HER

DID NOT HAVE ITS LIGHTS ON AND

IN DARKNESS HE DIDN'T SEE IT.

>> IT WAS AN ACCIDENT BUT NOW

THAT THEY LEFT THE SCENE, NOW

THEY BROKEN THE LAW.

>> Reporter: HILLANDALE STAFF

SAYS SHE IS MISSED AND HER

ACCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS

THEY ALREADY HAD ABOUT THIS

CROSSING.

THE CITY IS WORKING ON A

REDESIGN AND THE STAFF HOPES

THAT WILL HELP.

>> NEED A WAY TO SLOW DOWN

TRAFFIC, A LIGHT ON THE STREET,

MAKE OUR CROSSWALK A LITTLE

EASIER FOR GOLFERS TO GET

ACROSS.

>> Reporter: JAMES HAS TO THE

HOSPITAL TUESDAY FOR A SECOND

SURGERY, SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR

ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE

COMMUNITY BUT WANTS ONE MORE

THING.

>> I ENCOURAGE THE PERSON TO

COME FORWARD, I'M NOT MAD, I

FORGIVE YOU FOR DOING IT BUT

FOR HIMSELF, HE OR SHE, THEY

WILL FEEL A LOT BETTER IF THEY

COME FORWARD.

>> Reporter: POLICE DESCRIBED

THE VEHICLE INVOLVED AS A

SILVER SEDAN THAT WAS THE ONLY

INFORMATION THEY COULD

GIVE ME, IF YOU HAVE ANY

INFORMATION ABOUT ONE HAPPENED

RIGHT HERE SEPTEMBER 23, JUST

AFTER 7 PM AT NIGHT, YOU CAN

CALL DURHAM POLICE.

>> LOOKING AT THAT GOLF CART

SHE IS FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE.

THANK YOU SARAH.