SARATOGA, Calif. (KCBS) - Authorities are looking for a hit and run driver who ran down a young bicycle racer Sunday in Saratoga.
The young woman was last listed in critical condition at San Jose hospital.
24-year-old Ashley Jackson of the Alto Velo cycling team was riding in the bike lane on Highway 9 toward Los Gatos with her boyfriend and cycling coach, Dave Nelson, when Nelson said they were both hit from behind by a late-model, silver, 4-door BMW 7 Series sedan. "I can't even speak the words of what this person did," said Nelson. "You can ruin someone's life by one action and not even care to stop."
Nelson said it appears the car's right mirror clipped Jackon and knocked her to the ground. "The car comes flying through, by me, grazes me with the broken mirror, hits me with his broken mirror, kind of shocks you, wondering what he's doing. At that point, I have to turn around and see my girlfriend laying in the road. She's crumpled up and hit by this car." Jackson was knocked unconscious, with a broken collarbone and a serious brain injury.
Nelson said the driver slowed, briefly, then sped off. "I just don't understand what the conscience is of someone who could hit someone and proceed to leave on a felony hit and run. They don't know if they killed someone."
KCBS' Doug Sovern reports
Jackson is in intensive care at Valley Medical Center.
Authorities are trying to find that BMW with the broken side mirror.
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