A Lexington man shared his story after being hit by a car for the second time in ten years. Dean Woolums said the first hit-and-run left him handicapped, but this one left him angry.
With a punctured lung and several broken bones, Dean Woolums is in bad shape.
“I’ve got cracked ribs on one side, I can’t lift myself,” Woolums said from the couch in his apartment. “I’m in for a wonderful week, I’m telling you.”
All physical pain aside, the thing that hurts Woolums most is how he wound up like this.
“Just about the time I got to the second lane he floored it,” Woolums said. “He never even slowed down.”
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Woolums said on Wednesday, a red Mitsubishi SUV hit him and his service dog Daisy while they tried to cross Alexandria Drive. The driver fled the scene, leaving both Woolums and Daisy in the road.
Woolums was eventually taken to the hospital. Daisy died later that night.
“I just can’t understand how somebody can be that twisted,” He said.
For Woolums, this isn’t unfamiliar territory. Ten years ago, a woman hit him with her car just blocks away, leaving him handicapped.
Last year, that driver turned herself in to police. Now officers will have to investigate a hit-and-run all over again.
“Somebody knows who that man was,” Woolums said. “He deserves 25-30 years to think about it.”
Woolums said one thing this week did restore his faith in humanity a little bit. He learned a group paid to cremate Daisy.
“I keep telling myself there are nice people. I just haven’t had the luck to run into them, I guess,” Woolums said.
Witnesses told police the driver of that red Mitsubishi was a black man with short hair, probably in his 40’s or 50’s. They also said the car probably has front end damage. The department is asking for any information from possible witnesses.
