Texan woman 'fighting for her life' after hit-and-run accident when she fell out of her mother's truck

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for a 21-year-old North Texas woman who was struck and injured by a motorist early Sunday morning when she fell out of her mother's truck.

Sherryta Smith said at the fundraiser that her daughter Sasha is fighting for her life in the hospital and will require several surgeries.

Officers headed to Farm Road 917 after receiving a call from Smith just before 1:15 a.m., Mansfield police said. Smith told them her 21-year-old daughter had fallen out of her truck and been struck by two vehicles before she could be pulled to safety.

When officers arrived, they found Sasha unconscious but breathing, the release said. She had serious injuries and officers and paramedics performed life-saving measures until she could be transported by CareFlite to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

Smith told KXAS-TV that she picked up Sasha early Sunday morning in Grand Prairie. Sasha told her mother she had been drinking and didn't want to drive. The two women were on their way to Smith's home in Cleburne when the accident happened.

“I said something to Sasha to make her laugh,” Smith said in an interview with KXAS. “She leaned against a door and flew out.”

Smith couldn't stop immediately because of traffic, she told KXAS. When she stopped, she saw two vehicles hit her daughter in the road and drive away.

“If anyone knows anything, please come forward,” Smith pleaded in a public social media post.

No arrests have been announced. Mansfield police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident or has video, such as dashboard camera video, to contact Officer Casey Knowles at [email protected].

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