'Thankful to be alive': Milwaukee man is the 2nd hit-and-run victim in a week at the same location on the city's north side

 

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Terrence Redmond was walking home after a night out with his friend on Saturday, Oct. 14. near Sherman and Capitol.

But while he was crossing the street, all he saw were bright lights.

"It was a blur," Redmond told CBS 58's Ellie Nakamoto-White. "I remember flying off a little bit. The next thing after that, I remember my auntie screaming at me to wake up."

The 29-year-old was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital.

Multiple surgeries later, he found out he had been struck by someone speeding by who then immediately left the scene.

"Why didn't they stop?" Redmond asked. "I mean, if it was somebody you cared about, you would want them to stop and check on them to make sure that they're okay. You don't want to hit someone and keep going."

Redmond suffered from several serious injuries, including broken bones, missing teeth, a lacerated liver, a dissected aorta and a split in his face from his nose to his chin. 

"The pictures look like I shouldn't be here right now," Redmond said. "Like I shouldn't be alive."

His mother, Carol Fields, was on vacation celebrating her birthday and her anniversary with her husband in the Virgin Islands when she got the call.

"You don't know what you're preparing yourself for, you don't know what you're coming into," Fields said. "They were just telling me significant injuries, that's all they kept saying significant injuries."

Redmond is the second victim in about a week involved in a hit-and-run in the same intersection.

A 57-year-old pedestrian was reportedly hit by a car on Sunday, Oct. 22 just after midnight. 

Milwaukee police said they are in the hospital suffering from life-threatening injuries. 

"These people's lives count. They're human beings. They're not roadkill," Fields said. 

Now Redmond's family is offering a monetary reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible. 

"There's always a consequence for a bad decision and this was a very bad decision," Fields said. 

Fields also created a GoFundMe to help with her son's hospital bills and recovery.

Redmond said his doctor's noted he's healing progressively and should be able to walk without crutches by January.

"All I got left to say is just be careful," Redmond said. "Be cautious. You never know what's going on. Just tell everybody to be careful and be safe."