MIRAMAR, Fla. – Broward Crime Stoppers are now increasing their award for information that leads to an arrest after police said a 26-year-old woman was left in a coma following a hit-and-run crash while she was jogging in Miramar a few months ago.
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.
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“She’s bleeding from her head and has a lot of bruises,” the caller said.
Memorial Regional Hospital Dr. Andrew Rosenthal told Local 10 News back in April that Delinois was placed in a coma after she suffered a critical head injury and underwent emergency brain surgery.
A flyer from Broward Crime Stoppers states that Delinois “sustained serious injuries from the crash.”
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 back in April.
“I would say that I love her, I am supporting her and I’m there,” he responded. “I’m fighting for her.”
Roosevelt Delinois told Local 10 News Thursday that his wife is now back home and has a “long road ahead of her.”
He says doctors told him it’s best to have her home and hope she emerges there following brain rehabilitation.
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. that day, according to police.
Police are still 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,” Miramar Police Officer Jose Rosales told Local 10 News in April.
Roosevelt Delinois also shared this message for the South Florida community on Thursday.
“I want the the South Florida community to keep our families safe by asking everyone to be aware of what’s going on on our roads and for if anyone (who) knows anything about my wife’s case to say something. She is slowly waking up and I want the person who did this to be held accountable. We can not always (allow) people who do things like this get away it only makes our roads more unsafe,” he said.
Anyone with information that leads to an arrest can receive a reward of up to $10,000 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.” That page can be found by clicking here.
Local 10 News reporter Sanela Sabovic contributed to this story.