As a woman is on the road to recovery, the 911 calls for help made by her boyfriend after they were struck by a hit-and-run driver in Deerfield Beach have been released.

Jesse Abernathy and his girlfriend, 58-year-old Fanny Shindle, were crossing East Hillsboro Boulevard last Friday evening after having dinner at The Cove Waterfront Restaurant and Tiki Bar when they said a car going double the speeding limit, heading westbound from the Hillsboro Bridge struck them.

The driver fled the scene without rendering aid or alerting the authorities.

Abernathy barely nicked by the car, called 911 after the incident.

“We just got hit by a car we’re on Hillsboro Boulevard. There’s two of us involved. The car just took off,” said Abernathy.

“Can you describe to me the car that took off?” asked the

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