An El Paso family is asking for the community’s assistance after a hit-and-run collision seriously injured a young man walking back to work.
Dominic Wegmann, 20, is recovering at a hospital after being hit by a pickup truck when he went to buy slushies at a Circle K store for his coworkers at The Shack Slice & Brew restaurant on Mother’s Day, May 10, on the East Side, according to an email his mother, Fabiola Wegmann, sent to the El Paso Times and a GoFundMe page.
The collision occurred late in the morning when a black truck hit Wegmann as he was crossing Album Avenue near McRae Boulevard in the Eastwood area, his family said. The truck left the scene.
The Circle K store is across Album Avenue from The Shack.
The case is under investigation by the El Paso police Special Traffic Investigations Unit, which handles hit-and-run collisions as well as fatal crashes, police spokesman Officer Adrian Cisneros said.
Wegmann, who does not have medical insurance, suffered multiple injuries, including a dislocated and broken hip and a broken arm, and faces several surgeries and a long recovery, his family said. The fundraising page had collected more than $8,800 as of Thursday, May 14.
“Our family is desperate for answers and hoping someone in the community may have witnessed the accident or noticed a truck with fresh damage around that time,” his mother stated in the email.
The family is asking that anyone with home surveillance footage, dashcam video or any information regarding the truck possibly involved in the collision contact the El Paso Police Department.
Anyone with information on the hit-and-run on Album Avenue may call the El Paso police nonemergency number at 915-832-4400 or may anonymously call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 (TIPS) or leave a tip online at cselpaso.org.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: El Paso family seeks help after son injured in East Side hit-and-run
Reporting by Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times / El Paso Times
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