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PHOENIX - A young woman severely injured in a June hit-and-run says Phoenix Police closed her case due to a lack of evidence.

However, her mother obtained surveillance video that she believes tells a different story.

The backstory:

Patricia Taveapont was leaning over the trunk of her parked car near 35th Avenue and Fillmore Street at around 11 p.m. on June 6 when a black car backed into her at "full speed."

"I literally screamed out as soon as the car had drove away," Taveapont said. "I immediately covered the back of my knee to apply pressure, so I can try to stop the bleeding a little."

Taveapont called 911, and she was taken to the hospital. According to her mother, Shirlene Yazzie, Taveapont underwent five hours of vascular surgery to repair a broken artery in her

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