Florida Hit-and-Run Leaves 25-Year-Old Woman With Amputated Leg on Colonial Drive

Jasmin Selby pulled over on a rural stretch of State Road 50 in Orange County and was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. She lost part of her left leg and faces mounting medical bills with no insurance.

Florida woman loses leg in hit-and-run on State Road 50, suspect still at large

Jasmin Selby, 25, woke up in a hospital bed screaming, with no memory of how she got there — only the last moments before a vehicle slammed into her on a rural Florida highway and drove away. Law & Crime reports that the Orange County crash left Selby with injuries so severe that her left leg had to be amputated above the knee.

On the morning of Aug. 17, Selby was driving along Colonial Drive — also known as State Road 50 — heading to Cocoa Beach with a friend. She wanted to catch the sunrise before a job interview scheduled for later that morning. Near the community of Christmas, Florida, roughly 45 minutes from the beach, she pulled her vehicle over to retrieve her phone from the back seat.

Selby said she activated her hazard lights and high beams before stepping out. The next thing she remembers, according to her father Robert Selby, is regaining consciousness in a hospital, screaming.

Her injuries were extensive. Her left leg was damaged beyond surgical repair, requiring amputation above the knee. She also sustained severe fractures to her left thumb and hand that required plates and screws, and she underwent emergency abdominal surgery that left dozens of staples along her abdomen, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser her father posted.

No one stopped after the collision. The driver fled, leaving Selby alone on the roadside.

"That's my child out there that they left in the middle of Highway 50, in the middle of nowhere," Robert Selby told regional Fox affiliate WOFL.

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is investigating the crash. As of publication, no arrests have been made and no suspect has been identified. Robert Selby said that "no one has been held accountable for what happened" to his daughter.

Selby herself said the possibility that the driver could strike again weighs on her. "He or she was able to just drive away and leave me for dead … who knows what could happen to the next person," she said.

The timing of the crash compounded her financial exposure. Selby was in the middle of transitioning between jobs when she was hit and had no health insurance at the time. She is now facing what her family describes as overwhelming medical bills, on top of the broader costs of a life-altering injury.

Law & Crime contacted FHP for additional details on the investigation but had not received a response at the time of publication.

Source: Law & Crime