B.C. woman pens open letter to driver after mother killed at Surrey crosswalk

A North Delta family hopes the driver involved in a collision that resulted in the death of a 69-year-old woman will come forward to police.

Sharon Mitchell was struck while trying to cross a road in her electric wheelchair in a marked crosswalkin Surrey on Monday, Oct. 1.

She later died from her injuries after her family says they had doctors removeher from life-support.

Her daughter DaveenHerman says her family is struggling to cope with the loss.

"It does break my heart that he just left her there," Herman said about the driver, who police have not found or identified.

She wrote an open letter to the driver of the vehicle.

Open letter to hit and run driver in Surrey B.C.

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Daveen Herman reads a letter to the driver of a vehicle that struck her mother on Oct. 1 2018.

"I know you were scared, but how could you not have stopped to help her?" she wrote. "No matter how scared you are, that is nothing compared to the pain you have caused my family and myself.

"Unless you come forward you will live with this unbearable guilt."

Herman says having the driver come forward will help provide closure to herfamily.

Henry Gillichwas with Mitchell the night she was struck, and says the pair were on their way out for a meal when she was hit.

"It's very hard to believe it's happening in front of you like that, 20 feet, at the most 20 feet away," he said. "She was a good person."

Thecollision is just one of a handful of accidents involving fatalitiesand serious injuries in Surrey over the past month.

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Investigators continue to seek tips and video of the crash. So far there is no description of the vehicle involved.

Daniel Herman, Mitchell's son-in-law says the family wants more safety precautions such as lights at the intersection.

"How many more people are going to be hurt or killed untilthey fix it?" he asked.

With files from Zahra Premji