MIRAMAR, Fla. – A husband is keeping hope alive and praying for a miracle after police say a hit-and-run driver struck his 26-year-old wife while she was jogging earlier this month in Miramar.
Onyxia Delinois was heard in the background crying in pain, as members of her running group were on the phone with 911 after the incident occurred near the 800 block of Miramar Parkway on April 6.
“She’s bleeding from her head and has a lot of bruises,” the caller said.
Memorial Regional Hospital Dr. Andrew Rosenthal said Delinois remains in a coma after she suffered a critical head injury, underwent emergency brain surgery, and was in the intensive care unit.
“Her prognosis, really at this point, is undetermined,” Rosenthal told Local 10 News last week.
Delinois’s husband, Roosevelt Delinois, asked the public for help with finding the driver who didn’t stop to help her and didn’t call police after running her over.
“If you could speak to your wife, what would you say?” Local 10 News reporter Rosh Lowe asked Roosevelt Delinois.
“I would say that I love her, I am supporting her and I’m there,” he responded. “I’m fighting for her.”
Onyxia Delinois served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and owns an insurance agency in Sunrise.
She was out running ahead of a group of joggers who found her injured after the driver veered off the road, struck her, and fled around 7 a.m.
“I just want someone just to say something... someone to come forward and say who did this to her,” said Roosevelt Delinois.
“Why do you still have hope?” Lowe asked.
“Because my wife has never let me down,” he responded.
Police are actively searching for the driver responsible.
“We are looking for a vehicle that may have right damage to the vehicle on the front or the side,” said Jose Rosales, with the Miramar Police Department.
Her family asked anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has information on the case to call 954-602-4000.
Anyone with information that leads to an arrest can receive a reward of up to $5,000 by calling Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
A GoFundMe page was created to help the family with hospital expenses and Onyxia Delinois win the “most important race of her life,” and that page can be found by clicking here.
The Miramar Run Club is also hosting a 10K fundraiser Saturday, where proceeds will help Onyxia Delinois and her family during this difficult time. Read below for more information.