A 24-year-old Cal State Long Beach alumna is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle while walking in downtown Long Beach.
The hit-and-run traffic collision occurred on July 16 at approximately 1:50 a.m. on Broadway.
Mallory Farrow was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital intensive care unit, and received head trauma, leaving her in a coma for several days.
Farrow, a communications and film studies graduate, is now at home and learning how to walk again. She suffered injuries to the right rear side of her brain that affected her left foot.
“It’s like a computer reboot,” her father Mike Farrow said.
“She had to relearn a few basics in terms of reacquiring her balance and walking, so now she’s doing some physical training. She’s walking very strong and everything is going great. We’re expecting a full recovery after such a scary event.”
The vehicle, which continued to travel westbound on Broadway after fleeing the scene, has been identified as possibly a silver four-door sedan, Lexus or Toyota Camry. The car might also have some right front body damage from where it hit Mallory Farrow, according to Long Beach Police Accident Investigations Detective Richard Birdsall.
“We’re trying to get cooperation from the body shops in the area to see if this person has damage to their vehicle,” Birdsall said. “There’s just so many body shops in the area. My belief is it was two o’clock in the morning, and there’s an obvious correlation with two o’clock closing time. I would say it was a possible drunk driver.”
Birdsall continued, “[If he’s found] he will be filed under felony for a hit-and-run with injuries involved. This young lady almost died.”
Mike Farrow has kept Mallory Farrow’s friends updated on her condition via Facebook.
“There were so many people coming to the ICU that I shared on Facebook to keep people informed,” Mike Farrow said. “It’s inspired some peer groups and began taking a life of its own. People all over the place were communicating, and I really felt that that was very helpful for her to have such a response of friends and others to wish her well.”
The Long Beach Police Department asks anyone with information about this incident to call Detective Richard Birdsall at 562-570-7355. Tipsters may leave their contact information, or remain anonymous.
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