Police hunt for driver in Wantagh, LI hit and run that injured 2 teens

WANTAGH (WABC) -- Police are searching for a hit and run driver who struck two teenagers on Long Island early Tuesday morning.

The teens had pulled over with car trouble and gotten out of the car, when someone slammed into both of them.

It's about justice and it's about conscience, family members say. 18-year old Matthew Donde and his 15-year old girlfriend Jessica Sill could have been killed when they were struck at about 3 a.m. on the Wantagh Parkway, near Jones Beach.

"And this person who hit them, just drove off and left them there to die. They didn't stop or call the police, nothing. Who knows how long they were there, unconscious," said Matthew's mother, Tina Donde.

The teens parents want answers. They say their kids had their permission for a trip to the beach and were staying in touch prior to the incident when both of them blacked out.

Jessica's dad says she woke up first and had no cell service.

"She managed to get up and get to the car because they had their flashers on, she said, and she hit the headlights and Matt was about 50 feet away she said, lying in a pool of blood," said Jessica's father James Sill.

Matthew needed 40 staples to his head and has a broken pelvis and hip.

"Now his life is on hold for a minimum of 6 months. because now he's gonna be stuck in rehab, physical therapy, if he can walk," said Tina.

Jessica has a broken collarbone and lacerations all over. Their families are just glad they're alive but they say, so far, state police haven't told them a thing.

"When they came to us, they said, 'here's his keys, we have nothing to tell you, that's it. They were very cold, just like this case is," Tina said.

Unless someone can help. "An accident's an accident, but for somebody to take off and leave 'em there, is what's really difficult," James Sill said.