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A 23-year-old Dallas woman, Camryn Herriage, is fighting for her life at a local hospital. This comes after a horrific hit-and-run car crash on February 11th that claimed the life of her college roommate.
Herriage was a passenger in a car with her roommate and three other friends.
Their vehicle was stopped at a red light when a Ford pickup truck collided with them at high speed, triggering a chain reaction crash, according to Fox4 News.
All occupants were transported to the hospital. Herriage sustained severe injuries and has been on a ventilator in the intensive care unit for the past month.
Police received witness reports of a woman fleeing the scene on foot after exiting the driver’s side of the pickup truck.
The witness described the woman as wearing a black dress and white high heels.
Witnesses described the women as appearing to be ‘extremely intoxicated.’
The woman who allegedly took off was later identified by police as 27-year-old Carmen Guerrero.
Detectives said they found Guerrero’s wallet in the abandoned Ford truck and took her into custody 11 days after the crash.
She is now facing multiple charges, including manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is being held in Dallas County jail.
While Herriage continues to fight for her life in the ICU, her older sister Casie Campanello has not left her side for weeks.
‘Literally, a careless act. Put us in a situation that changed all of our lives,’ she said. ‘We are very helpless and just stay strong for her, but it’s very difficult to see.’
She added: ‘When she came out of her first surgery, the surgeon told us he told us he never saw anyone make it to the hospital with her injury. So she has a purpose.’
Herriage’s best friend and college roommate from Texas Tech University tragically died in the hit-and-run.
